The National Register. — London, England, 1820-11-19 00:00:00

T" '` l ~. . ~ g in ., ...~ ..:.a t. • • so .L . , ./csi . r .•.v1 ...I . -•- . , ~. "hikes • 74 1,zyg/(ZI HOUSE. ILLontwavion Ito ws..--•as Young man, from whom a pistol had been taken by an. officer, on one of the illumination nights, begged Oat the Lord )layer would order it is be restored to him, :she had been "1- idle to let g nena cd, by the very general feeling that p:e . d, off a little powder, as a testimony that he pass.. el P s '" " the public joy. 'rite Lord Mayor having ascertained that the conduct of the applicant had not beet* improper on - the occasion, exce p t i na smuch as he .1;4;1 fired off the pistol in the air, and by the explosion invited a similar *hew of congratu lation ou the pars.of others, said he should not detain the Hn Lordship observed, that it was with great pleasure be perceived than the City.of London had fully answered the expectations generally eutenaitied, by preserving the peace during the rejocirtgs. Be did not to COIllell• went the City Police, but he could not help thinking that they were perfectly qualified to keep under any dia. position to acts of fury aniongt the turbulent, without any dangerous consequences to themselves, or requiring aid from thin., the very appearance of whom within the walls of the City was considered in the light of an attack upon the privileges of its inhabitants. ;.,,Soule fellows who had undergone examinations on Tuesday, upon charges of having attempted to rob gem den ten oisCoriihill, were again broupi2t up. No per son appeared against liens, but then lathers promiseil a great lend, and the Lord Mayor said he should specu late upon their repentance, and dismissed thein. On the night upon tehiels these men were taken into curtody, Mr. Browne, the marshal, received, in the per formance of his duties, very severe tteatment from the gang of pickpoci hat infested Fleet -street, in the neighbourhood of Alderinan Waithinan's house, and Ludgate-hill, opposite to that of Mr. Hone. lie ob served a desperate fellow dragging the property out of people's pockets in the crowd, and made over to hint fur the purpose of taking hint into custody. The thief with the view of carrying ou his plan, in which he was as sisted by several others, with the better effect, cried oast, "The Vine's fins ever," at every grab he made, and upon seeing Mr. Brown, lie roared out to his companions— " Here's the Woody Manchester work over again-i-l)own with leader opened a passage, and as soon as he had entered amongst diem, followed by Mr. Brown, they closed hemming in upon all sides die marshal, who, however, seised his olject. They commenced an attack upon Mr. Brown, from whom the leading thief disengaged him self by slipping most dexterously out of his coat and waistcoat, and lighting hard like a cat upon lea back.— The marshal was overwhelmed by the gang, and slashed upon due ground, but he used his weapon with such vigour. that in about a quarter of an hour, after barn% given a good many bloody noses he disengaged 'Misch. —The gang disappeared almost with the rapidity of lightniug, notwithstanding the extent of the multi tude, for the depealators have lately manceuvereil with great elfect. Their troopsare marshalled in such a man ner, theist the woolof command they throw themselves into position, favourable to the escape of any of their pursued comrades. YRIIMITLIC EFFIMINACIC.AII inhabitant of St Andrew's Illackfriar's, appeared before the Lord Mayor, to answer a complaint against him for refusing to pay the P.OSOWS Tydies—he stated that the Rev. Isaac Saunders refused so christen his child, on the ground that lie should take cold from the damp state of the christening pew, and not having had what he termed a " legal notice." It appeared from the statement of the husband that the lady (who had just recovered from her confinement), had been kept waiting in the said pew for upwards of ail lour, and then was obliged to have her child christened in another parish. Tile Lord Nlayor said lie could not enter into thecae, and the complain ant must pay the tythe, or carry the ease into the Eccle siastical Court. BOW STREET. ASSIST FOR llttitt'l'asASotr.—lt will be recollected that amongst the persons charged with being concerned with the Catoni lett conspiracy, was a man named John Palau. who was often mentioned in the evidence upon trials of l'histiewood amid others. He escaped at the time, and contrived to elude the vigilance of the Police, notwithstanding the most atrensious exertions were nude for his apprehension. It was supposed that lie had escaped out of the country, but within the last two or three days Rinhven, Westcott, and Ellis, the officers were an active search for hi.u. At a late I on Fri day evening the two last mentioned officers poiceeded to Short's Gardens, Drury Lane, where they saw the pri soaer issue forma house, and secured him. Out Isis being brought to this Mike, Mr. Birnie was sent for, and on Isis arrival, lie took a short examination as in his identity, and then asked the prisoner his MUM. Prisoner,—" Aiy came is John Patin." Mr. Birnie.—" Are you aware of the nature of the char g e upon which you are apprehended I" Prisoner.—" No, I am not at all aware of it " Mr. Birnie then informed him that he was charged him with being concerned with Thinlewood, Told, and others, in conspiracies foe which they were tried and executed. l'be prisoner said—" I deny the charge and shall be able to rebut it." Mr. Birnie then made out a warrant of commitment, and th e prisoner was conveyed its a coact), well-guarded to die4ouse of Correc.ion. 1 4e'fi a tall man of meagre aspect, and shabbily dressed. formerly 1 soldier in the East London Militia. On Tuesday night last, so:ne fellows discharged a Pistol eown the area of Mr. Baker, picture dealer, in St. Martin's-lane, and broke 16 panes of glass in the kitchen window; a quantity of small shot was scut lercsl along the kitchen. A reward of 51. is offend fur thea'i y of clams who committed the act. nirr•rT7 ;tlf t : THE NATIONAL REGIfrER The following is an affecting instance of severe dis tress, aggravated by the iiiischievousy estav-rrated reports of improvements in the cotton-trade of Glasgow : " One day, Int week, a stranger, in a miserable forlorn condition, and whose ' tottering frame' was scarcely able to support itself, was observed by untie workui:::l near the mill of Johnston, in Aimatidale, to drop down on the high road. At first lie was supposed to be dead, as no pulsation was discoverable; but, on being re moved •to the toiler's house, he was placed before a ood fire, Isis body was chafed, and as a l .insation b egan t. 6.• to rem. o.a lew tea-spoons lull of oatmeal and water were introduced n his throat. In a short time he was so -oddenly'"i ee:aed the basin that notch revived, that - Iw.. held the meal and water, atiff-5,..!°1.u. emsablet t o b • lY wa .(l.6 s contents. Its about an hour's time, inform his humane preservers ' that he was:.. . calico. 'winter, who had gone from Preston to Glasgow tee search of work; being disappointed, and on his return to England; necessity had compelled him to sell his great coat and other parts of his clothing. His funds at last failed him, and he hail not forahree days tasted any food, except a turnip that he foistid on the road. Such was the simple but effecting story of this poor luau; the miller and his 'family afforded bun every attention, sand at parting on the next intorno% (he twin; then sufficient ly recovered to be able to resume his journey}, presented hums with lb striftingt, that be had cullecteed for him in the neighbourhood. A few days since a man knocked at thsodnos of the widow Citly,oflVhaplode-Feli-ends, Licolushire, under the pretence of having a letter in deliver. The door was tot soonet opened, than its walked four men masked, WllOlll die inmates at firs; took to be morris dancers, but they were tery Iwo unluckily undeceived by the marauders very deldnintely pulling out their hammers, chisels, &c. :There was only one servant man in the. home (the rest trifle family, consisting of the mistress, maid, and son, deal and dumb), who 111011 resolutely strove to defe nd his mistress's property, and succeeded in knocking off two of the rascals' masks, but they at last overcame bins, and having bound kilo,, as well as the others, proceeded to plunder the house. The amount of the property stolen Wascertained to be above bohl. it is rupposed the par.y knew of Mrs. C. hating a consi derable sum of 1110119 ill her possession, On Alimilay login Last a burgla was coeunitted at •Fal ttttt uth, the Iv use of ck ry plain Furze, of his Ma jesty's packet thrste4fielti, 'which sailed lately fur the Brazils. Mrs. Furze having accompanied Captain F. on his toyage, tie house was shut up, with all the :tor flour, wearing apparel, &c. The Man who superin tended the twr..en I don Tuesday turning, that the garden door was ittoken off at the back part of the house, at winch the villains must have tittered, from whence they got in at the back windows, and broke open every lock of the drawers, closets, &c. which they left empty. It is supposed that a large (remit) , of plate, wearing apparel, bed linen, &c. have been carried off. The loss cannot be ascertained till Mrs. F.'s return, as no one was eery:timed with what was left in the house but themselics. A bather depredation was likely to be effecte.i on the following night on the furniture, had not this discovery taken place. The house stands by itself, but at a very short distance there are several houses, streets, &c. and nearly close to Selby's HMO, Green Bank. PROVIDEIITML, ESERVATIOS.—The Irish packets being all on other side of the Channel on Saturday the 3d of October, a small vessel was engaged at Dunmore to convey a mail to Milord. She was navigated by four men, and two gentlemen and a lady embraced the op portunity of coining over in• her. When about midway s a violent atoms Caine on, and the crazy bark was stook stripped of her sails and part of her rigging. In this . au lid dilemma, it was discovered that the crew were all completely ignorant where they were, or how they should act, and the most absunl and contradictory opi nions prevailedamougst them. All however, agreed in the probability of their being speedily buried in the deep. After consulting the passengers on the course to be steered, from whom they could receive little or no mho. Rino!' or advice, these four worthless fellows filially abandoned all cliaq.e of the ship, had recourse to liquor, and at 'eolith became wraio in sleep, leaving the pas sengers in agony 01 mind easier to be conceived than described. After being buffeted ariout lOr several hours, the vessel was at last driven into a small inlet near Pis guard, county of Cork, and the lives of all were thus miraculously preserved. MURDElL—Saturday Wei:tight, the 4th inst. a most feroc . . and murderous robbery was committed upon ,Ir. litmus, of Alveston, when returning mini War. wick about eight o'clock iu the evening. It appears that he was attacked near his own house, by. dater men who rifled his pockets, and beat him on the head in a most violent manlier. In this state Mr. Hiroo, crawled into a ditch, where he lay in a state of insensibility un til morning, when he was diseovored .by a female pas senger passing by. lie was immediately taken home and every assistance afforded, but in vain, and he died on Tuesday night the 7th inst. ifittiTat. OUTRAGE.-.--A brace of handsome pointers (value 3:s guineas) ran from their master a few days back into a wood in the neighbourhood of Tittleshail, in Norfolk, when a fellow who sometimes assists the keeper to kill rabbits, was seen to follow them with a double barrelled gun, and as soon as lie was iii he fired at one, who came Out shrieking and wounded, he then fired the other barrel, and, as he staid in the wood a little time, and was there 1116.1111 ill the afternoon, it is conjectured that tlie other was shot dead, and is con cealed, as it has mat beta seen or heard of since. The wounded dog was badly shot about the head, but is re covered. On Thursday last, the Rey. Stephen Crofts, clerk, M.A. was MAMMA to 11w Rectory of St. Mary Stoke, IpsWilCil. the county of sullolk, on the presentation of we Dean amid Chapter of Swaffhant Fair on Friday se'nnight was very fully attended with all kinds of stock, but usv i ng c..itc:iy of money %cry few were sold. r • airs; , • ,• -- - -- , •A • , sb• INFAMOUS AFFAIR.--. 41 few days ago Major M— and another gentleman called upon Mr. Birnie, as Bow-street, to ask his advice upon the following mysterioua and disgraceful occurr.ace:"fhey stake; that a beautiful young girl, siiteen years of age, the l i,;;;;later of a widow lady, residing at Chelsea, had been seduced f rom ne t narents by an old gentleman, upwards of sixty. It appeared &satiny hoary debauchee had been laying siege to the unfor tunate and infatuated girl for some time past. She was in the habit of frequently walking out with her little brother, and at such times this alas &variably placed hlmseif ialer way. It further appeared that. at these interviews he mresenbd himself to her as a Peer of Parliament, and tidied tf attending his there on the trial of the Queen. At length rim miserable girl consented to abscond with him, and nothing since has can heard of them.—The worthy Magistrate immediately took..measures for the dis covery of the fugitives, and it hasjin consequence of , those measures, been ascertained that the seducer is • a Baronet, and a Member of Parliament. He is, moreover, a married man; and, though upwards of. 60 years-old himself; his wife is not more than 20.. It seems that be carried his prey to Scotland; but . at the instance of the worthy Magistrate above men. tinned, a writ of Habeas. Corpus has been issued, calling upon him to produce the body of the young lady, the being a minor, and she is in consequence. daily expected in town. Dreadful Accident —The village of Walton-orr- Tham...t, like every other throughout the empire,. was anxious to testify its joy at the recent triumph of her Majesty, and on Saturday evening the inha bitants illuminated their houses, and a considerable , number of persons, having procured a cannon, pro• seeded to discharge it in different parts of the neigh. btiushood. When discharging it near•the residence • of Sir Henry Fletcher, the piece from being over-- charged, burst, and the consequences have... waved most dreadful. One individual of the name of North„ was killed on the spot ; another person hard his leg so shockingly Lacerated, that amputation,. it is • -thought, must be performed; a third received a splinter in his shoulder, a fourth had a great part of his apparel burnt off his back, and. several others.. were more or less injured. Fire al Hanunersmith.—Tuesday- moaning the • ntighbourhood of the above town was thrown into a considerable state of agitation, in consequence dn. fin: having,bmke out an the house of Mr. Dighy, a broker, residing is the Broadway, in the above 'town. It was said to have originated from a flue,, which had a dangerous connexion with the first. floor, where the fire was first discovered. An im mediate.alarm was made, and assistance soon arrived grant damage was, however, done. The flames; communicated to the house of Mr. Pemberton, holsterer, but which did not receive much injury?-.- There was a good supply of water. CURIOUS Areactlertston.---Thursday afternoon,. Mr.Omer, of Thomas-street,Commercial-road, while reading in the ground parlour, was disturbed by a, noise, as if a cat had got among the china 011 the side.board, and on going to the door, no person beinir in the parlour, he observed a youth having Wallowa in at the window,.the sash of which he had partly raised up, endeavouring, by means of a long wire crooked at the end, to abtain a thermometer which lay on a table. He walked cautiously across the room, and the thief never once perceived Mr. 0. till he ]rid hold of him by the arm. He struggled hard. to get off, but Mr. 0. secured the villain by pulling . him in at the window. He was about ten years of age. and of so diminutive a stature, that he could scarcely reach the window. He was taken to Lam. beech street Police-office, where he gave his name William Surgeson, and was committed to the Ses.- sions. • Four thieves effected an entrance into the house of It. Paisley, Esq. Monument Place, near the new burying-ground, in Mary-le-bone-fields, on Thurs.. day last; but they were put to flight by the alarm of a terrier dog, as soon as they had scled the walls. They passed a huge yard dog unmolested, and got into the parlour passage, when they were seen by a servant, who set the alarm bell ringing, and they retreated with a pistol shot after them ; but fhs-. want of assistance, pursuit would have been dart. gerous and unavailing. On Friday afternoon a dreadful accident oceurred in High-street, Whitechapel, to a young nun named William Forbes, who being subject to apopletic fits, was seised with one in attempting to cross from his own house to the oppoAite side of the street, and fell down and became quite helpless: a waggon heavily, laden came up at the time, the driver of which tw.t being apprised early enough of the accident, so as to ... be able to pull up his horses, the whee!s of the wag gon passed over the unfortuttue young mates head, crushed it to a mummy, and killed him on the,spot. There appeared to be no blame whttever *IOC to the waggoner. An inquest was tak...at twfw.'e ti r. Ua wit, tha Coroner, on Ow body, ail,l a vor , !: - t ot . ticaLta .A .*". ' ; ra: 1 . v 11 II • I `. 7 --. r : r , - 3 L~ ~ - I~ . . : It ~. ,i . • T b ' 'Tr ( ~~ ~'.