The National Register. — London, England, 1823-01-20 00:00:00

.~ Mr. Justice Bur gh, m autnining tip, said, there was clearly no evidence as to the prisoner's having stoical the motley. Verdict—Guilty of stealing to the t aloe of 39. only. FRIDAY, J AW. 17.—Timoi hy h i n -is emlirted for the murder of Michael Flood, by striking him a violent blow on the head with a stump arm. William Murray, of Brentford, deposed that on Sun day, Mean of °ember, he was in the Iligh Street. and atw a ',Milli he did not hiloW strike Michad which innle him ssagzer ; the plows were continued, and the deceased took to his heels and rail off, followed by White; a woman tatclainied lie will kill him; saw nothing between them before the blow was struck; can't say wiwther they Were 1111011.c3tell, John T. \lroner, suraettn, of St. ()loom?, hospital, deposed, that the fleet-14rd llnntllit to the a t•ot e (dare oi l the 14th of (It-tither. lie It id a wound 0% er toe left eye, which was Weeding; !gentling' the wound, nod found a co:l2olsin of blood ; the honker e lotion of that fluid was then 4toppcd. In a day or two lie became rather dele • .. 4, anti a fterwards there was more hlertlitia. as the 20th his deliritior increased, and he flizttl the nest flay. Atier his death examined the wind mionlely, and In I a hone slisitheed ; the the mentoraties of the brain were inflamed, and there was a little WIC The infl 111111 l atton was occa s i o ned by a blow. 'rite vital parts of the bode were quite sound. The witness In motion lion Said, " I consider ife blow was the cause of his dratit—if he haul ;filter !medical ass . stance at the first. l think lie inigat Is tie been saved." Aim Woodward saw the prisoner soul deceased meet, when the privincr struck the latter, and continued strik ing. Witness did not see deceased strike White, but cried nut "lw will kill me." Witness then cried for Mr. Walker, an I endeavoured to hold the prisoner and in pinning him into the goner. He hit the dreea wd after T hat. The Jury, arter a short consultation, pronounced the prisoner trinity of manslaughter. T. Wail's was indicted for falsely altering a certain order for the payment of i s. with intent to defraud the ore . of die poor of the parish of St. Pancras. Mr. Roe, the nu..tittrate, proved that she order which be gave the p, ironer was writ►en by him, and was only fur gs for the two vagrants. At the time he gave it to the prisoner, there was a blank after the words " nine shilliiigs," which had since been filled up the word " catch" having been inserted soissermently. Cross-examines'•—He had at first intended to have shade the order for ten shillings, but the two vagrants being included iti one warrant, he thought one fee would do for hot n. The prisoner in his defence, said believing the order was Pir its. he got a persmi named Brookes to write a receipt for that sum ott the buck of the order. as he (the prisoner) could not white any Mitts except his name.— As to the insertion of the word " catch," he knew no more of it 111111 1111t . Ilid eililoll • Brookes swore that he wrote the receipt, as described by I he prisoner. Several other witnesses gave the prisoner an excellent choracter Tile Jury acquitted the prisoner. In the matter of Dune in Ml:unin, art East India Broker, who stands cliar i red with toratitg an Ersi Warsaw for the delivery of seven bales of cotton, which had Oren sold at the House, and whose trial had been pot riff last sessions, on an affidavit that a Mrs. Stirling, a principal witness, was in Finer. Mr. Walfortl, Olt the part of the East India Company, made vesterd ty a fresh applicajon to Inc Conn. Ile Said they hid all the utter wittiesses present, except Mrs.Siirlinit,•nd without ber, they mutt go before a Jury %vithnnt the smallest probability of success. The Lord Chief Bison-41ot is this trial to stand over fir ever r \I r. Walford—That is fur your Lordship's decision. Mrs. Stirling is in France, and last terns we applied to have her reetrAnizatice estreated. The obj-ct of the pre sent application was mese!) , to shew that the E Ist ludic Commity hail done all it could to bring the 16,1 on. The Lind Chid Baron—Tina oi t p.et is not to coins into the Exchequer if you C3ll avoid it Mr. Wahord—lt is my Lord, and to have the other witness's recognizance respites: until Mrs. Stirling can he broleaht forward. Tile Lord Coiet litron—Be it so. This proceeding took p:.we early in the day. lit the .ifiertioutt wos brought to the bar, and put w its :MO it if. Mr. A•lolpitnt, his counsel, stated, that the affidavit wniett tlr. M•Cit lurn lead sworn, 'hewed that he had exercised no influence or coutnitil over Mrs. Sterling, wt he believed to be still in France, but that he was ready to take his trful. Upon the ficd application for the discharge of the prison,r, the answer of Air. Baton Graham w tv, that such all application on a fits. Sesudon alter Llte commitment of a primmer would, if grained, be a geneial discharge of ail prim.. •rs ; but that such all application tit► a see I S..toiJts would no doubt be granted. Titey had now atrivef at the• second Se,siuus, awl hoped their Lat.:slops would grant the plispitei's discharge... Al r. liolland, for the Exit ttulia Company, did not off r any oppribition to the apphcacou , a inch ilie Court iuunrdiatrly granted, nl;set%l.)./. l'iat Mr .\I•Coll ormild atilt be 11:1 1 )1e for any mailers that inight be brought against him. 1)UI6 'Pees'lssureo —A meeting was appointel rn take place early on Thursday tuerning last, iti the fields a t tnr b a ck or the Red /loose, Battersea, between Mr. Alm ii and Mr. A —.—r, city gettl lemett, hut 'nation hat ittz tteeit received nu the ',receding evening, Mr. Al—en's hokum was watched, and on his way to the intended spot for the duel he was appriwil of tulle constables being in 4ttendatiee 00 t h e ground, and the sU it tt iiii ittattd for this tune. THE NATIONAL REGISTER' The circumstances respecting the attempt to break into the house of the Rev. Mr. Beckwith, of f illtnaham. ESE.3I, as hitherto pohlished, are very incorrect: the foll lowing relation may he depended nit:—Mr. Beckwith, who is citrate of tieing hoot home too or three days, leaving Mrs. Beckwith, had desired the church clerk to steep in the house, as a protection, in addition to the femal: servant. One morning, about three o'clock, a youth of Inc name of Fletcher, abut 16 years of age, tapped, by assignation, as it 11J11 since tran spired, at the maid servant's win !ow; and forgetting that the ears as well *as the eyes of love are always open, he made so much noise as to convince the girl that her mistress was alarmed. To screen herself from the fact of having beery the principal actor in the intrigue, she ran to her mistress's bed room, anti basely betrayed the youth into a snare of another description, in which his life narrowly escaped being sacrificed. Mrs. Beckwith, with more courage than females usually possess, flew to the pistols, which were loaded, Inn not primed, which she however perfected, and then went to the window, %%mere the torasoupecting youth was 1111; Wining, expect ing a very different kind of reception. Mn.t Beckwith foininately tempered her courrae with mercy, and did not her, notwitintamllng the author of the mischief fre qtteotly urged her so to dot 'Die young matt, on ob serving his situation, became so much al, d , as to b e iticapaidepl making a retreat, but stood fixed to the spot, and tviuiout the least reailtalice surrendered himself:—. taken before the Rer.'l'hainas Schricker, rector of Beadwell, the most satisfactory proofs of the simplicity of the youth, aml the bate eh,,racter of the woman, were exhibited in so gLring a bagel, as to induce the worthy Maus rite to dismiss the case, of er expressing a strong disposition to cause the vile tempter to he prosecuted (or perjury, she haviit sworn not to have ban accessory to tit: young matt's visit, notwithstanding the clearest evi dence was prothwed to the contrary. PEDESTRIANINSII.-Mr. Ab.-riteilty's match to the GO mile stone nn the Ninth Road, and back to St. G les', church.—This amateur pedestrian started nit Thursday last, from St. Giles's church, to go to nontinadoo and ' back, 124 mile, from the place of starting, in 30 hours, for a trilling auto, but heavy bets were pending on the issue of the eve'''. lie did six odic the firs' hour, the the second, and fire and a half the third. when he halted to breakfast on a roasted fowl and wine and water. lie started again, and travelled for three hours, at the rate of something less than list miles an hour. He arrived at the do stile stone in 14 hours (8 o'clock in the ermine), and returned to iligaltswatie, lb miles, where he halted again, a d went to iced lietdired, front the partial thaw, and consequently heavy mails, on the low grounds. He started :gat, at eleven o'clock on Thins:l3y night to do the remaining 47 miles, and . he Glasgow mail to London passed him about the 30th mile stone before 3-o'clock, going at a slow rate. ills friends were wailing Iris 'arri val at Barnet, an,' also in London ; bin at hall past nine 'o'clock news arrived at Barnet that he could not pro ceed but a short distance through Hatfield, and Iseing more than three hours behind his time, he relimmishrd the task. it is -.opposed that the petlestriaii conk have accomplished this snatch its a favourable seas. 0 0 the year. lie travelled as private as possible, and wae a great coat over his flannels through the tows ART.—Mier a soccessfid attack on the royal patty, ill 1745, a highlander hid gained a watch, as his share of the spoils of the vanquished. Unacquainted with its oar, he listened with equal surprise and pleasure In the ticking s - I Will W'llefilli;s new seq elution ainosed him ; after a few limns, however, the watch was down, Ille noise ceased, and ille dispititeil owner, 'poking on the toy no longer with ally satisfaction, detertomed to conceal the misfortune which had belallen it, and to dispose of it to the first person who offried hint a trifle in excel:lnge. lie soon tint with a ethltiniee ; but, ..1 par•iiig, he could nit conceal his triumph, and rznh inglyexclaiured, "!Lao, him, sbadeeill.istitight 1" Tne oar* & attic, a large species of cocoa nom, nhiell is found only in lit ha, is collet-fled to a variety of puritoses. The wood, which is andicieutly firm, except in site centre, may be trail in 'witty ways ; at the summit of the tree U the cabbage, seinen, tt gib more hi ter than that of the cuttttt palm, limns an excellent pickle. A hundred leases make a good house. includ ing not °my the roof, but the sides. partitions het wo eii *pantile:lts, 40011,, god window shun rs. The down ti the leaves is put into mat resses and pillows ; their ttalits lorineil into baskets and brt tttttt ; the hearts of the younger leaves ctit nun narrow letogdis, train which hats tor ;loth sexes are made. The fibrous contr. jug of the nut is titaitufactined into rope, and the shell •niveraally used as. a pitcher, isa illy Con1.41111m( six or eight pinta ; divided longitudinally, it mak.s pl nes alt.! dishes ;. and when s oali , forms dritiking coos. The following anecdote of Ilse late George Cooke may possibly lie new to many of our readers —When George was playing at I,tvcrpoiti, the notiagers fo ttttt I great difficulty its keeping him sober; b u t after repeated tranat;ressirotts, he sup ly promised not to offend agant during h.s may. In the es eittioa of the clay out which the promise Was made, G eorge was hot to l ie hen wanted fur Jir Perhinas Macrye phenol—the au dience grew itripattem; the ma iiazer m tttttt ecl,a nil all seas its " most admired disorder." A ter a long search, one o f the mail .gees lotion! Mot at pol.ltinne near thWilreatre, where he was drinking with itre,tl comp CC and per severance out of o eery swan gime "Oh 1 Mr C." czalaimed the irritated 111411 let. " you have again Inokeit your solemn promise; did you um tell me you wow(' give over (hulk ma? "—George surveyed she wa it ,ger wish 111001 pro% ok lug coolness, an I said, " I certainly did matte such a promise. but you caimot ex. pact a Mail 10 reform all at once. 1 have g ten our; driektine " in a great ratruate," holding up the glass clube to the mama. e,'s nose. A new road through Chichester and Petworth it about to be formed from Portsmouth to London.— It will comprise u distance of sixty-nine mile, and will be ten tnilca shorter than the present Chiches ter road. ,g.: 4.7.?" will ...~...~ FIRE.—On Saturday night, about nine o'clock, • fire broke out at the farm called Black thorn, the property of Benjamin Fincham, Esq. in the occupation of Mr. John Elsey, about a mile from Dias. The fitmily retired to rest, with the exe:p• tion of a servant, who perceived a light in the yard, and alarmed her master. At this time the neat.. house was entirely consumed, in ahich were four heifers and three calves, none of which could-be extricated, and being tied up, they all perished its the Lines. The firm object of Mr. Elsey was So -• save the family, and the children were carried in blankets to a neighbouring house; bet not beiiw. the lire communicated with the thatch of his dwell,. • ink;.—Malty hundreds of peoplearrived at the dreede ful scene from various parts of the cauntey, and from Dias with fire engines ; but the rinds being frozen, it was very difficult to obtain water, end the dwelling house, with otherbuildiegs, soon be came • prey to the devouring element. A barn standing near was uninjured. Every effort was made, and the greater part of the furniture was saved, but dreadful to relate, these exertions were attended by a fatal catastrophe. In them-Was of the confusion a chimney fell with a horrid Crash, • killed two men upon the spot, and broke the limbs .of several others. St distressing a scene has not been witnessed in that part of the country for many years. The men who lost their lives were John Gardiner, a carpenter, who leaver a disconsolate • witi; near her accouchent, and four small children and Wm. Tipple, • single metni• by trade a bruit- -- maker, who died instantly, his head being cots-- pletely smashed and his limbs bre/en. J.Browning, a carpenter, had his left arm and right thigh dread- fully fractured; ft. Parr, the sexton of the parish, who has the management of the engines, had one leg broken, and the other frozen ; and a young man named Slack is terribl y injured. Many others were severely bruised, an d from there being several IPA. left near the ruins, it was supposed therewners were buried underneath ; but we believe they have since been found, having run away from feiglstat.• the moment of the last cattastrophe. The scene of distress has drawn many hundreds from various quarters to be spectators of that dwelling whied. once afforded peace, security, and happiness to its occupier; but, alas! is now truly • picture of wretchedness. What adds to the horror of this frightful calamity is, that there are doubts whether it was not occasioned by the devilish sat of an in cendiary, although as Mr. Faisey had been into the neat-house with a light, it is passible that a spark might have fallen • yet he is confident that he did not open the lanth orn which he carried. Mr. Hier, is a very industrious farmer, and a man highly re spected. The property was none of it ineurtl-- Norwich Courier. i A primary school, on the plan of mutual-instruc tion, bud been established at Boulogne-sur-Mer, in 1819, under the auspices of the Sub-l'refe,•ct M. Herman, at present Peeled of Lands. All• the ma gistrates and functionaries, without exception, the servants of government, and- the most-opulent in-.. - habitants of the town, to the number of 144, con tributed by subscription to def'r.►y the event*. of establishing this school, and of supporting it.—This school, which has recently received in augmentation-. , of run scholars, has just been suppressed by a de cision of the Univer.ity, which, however, it is hoped, will be repealed et least, if it it not the result of a retrogade movement in the method. of - teaching, which it is difficult to suppose. '1 he Methodists in the Wesleyan connexion, at -• Dias, had their annual musical meeting, for the be+ • netit of their charity school, on Monday se'unight, - Several amateur performers from Suffolk attended, a.isouleinied by a strung band; an organ, the pm perty of a geutlernan ut ltedgruve, was brought fur • the occesimi, which was admirably played by Mr._ Lambert, of Bury; and some well-selected pieces of sacred music and chorines were performed, to the general satisfaction of a genteel and numerous com pany. Amongst the geutlemen who severally ad. dressed the meeting in behalf of the institution were the ltev. W. Ward, the Rev. W. Wilkes, the Rev. W. W. Simpson, ate. We gave some time ago en account of a bodies . on Porto Rico. by a party of Buctiniers, together with a proelsmatiets,isaued at the time when, having but just wt foot on en obscure corner of the Wand, . they impudently constituted it a republic. The re- • suit of the enterprise, which we leant by letters-se • the kWh of November from Havennale is /melt as might have been expected. La Torre, the Governor of the island, who Lad early and 'secret intelligence •of their proceedings, marched down one morning In • the spot they occupied, mad with a force of only ;Oa • nice, sue:ceded in capturiug the whale party. it iippeani that they had some partisans i:t the interior of the bland, but who Lad been detected through the vigilance of the Governor, and tile whole were Le be tounght to trial. The Rev. F. Franeklin, of Attleborougb, has re duced his tithes within the but two years from BO to • S 5 pis• cent. which has given getieral swistiw•tiwt • amongst hit parith,ei,ers.