The National Register. — London, England, 1815-09-03 00:00:00

574 THE NATIONAL REGISTER. shortly afterwards expired. lie proved to be a Gentleman's coach man out of place. The bar contained about hallo bushel of peaches, nectarines, and melons. The body was taken to the Yorkshire Grey public house, for the Coronet's Inquest. Verdict, Justifiable Homi cide. DARING ROBSERY.—Wednesday, during, the time of bmincre at the Royal Exchange, a fellow of notorious character, had the auda city to accost a gentleman, Captain Roydell, with such familiarity srod closeness as to he enabled to rob him in a shun time, of his pocktt-book, containing property to a large amount. The theft. however, being discovered, and an alarm given, be was taken into custody, and brought into the home of Hazard, Borne, and Co. w!lere his person was searched, and a quantity of gold rings, seals, and other property; together with a quantity of duplicates, and an instrument used in picking pockets, were found upon him. He was conveyed to the Poultry Compter. MELANCHOLY A con gae.----Standay afternoon, an afflicting acci dent happened to one all party of Gentlemen, who were returning to town after a sail down the River Thames, Jaures P. Mitchell, a planter, of the island of Tobago, and of Rockinghaus-place, Kent road. During the sail he was perpetually expressing his determina tion to have a bathe, and when near Woolwich in particular he per• severed. and began to pull off his clothes for the pnrt►ose. The tide sad wind being yen strong, his friends with much (iflicalty succeeded in persuading him to abandon his intention for some time. Two or three hours afterwards, when about two miles above Woolwich, and after having complained bitterly of the disappointment to which he bad been subjected, he expressed the resolution of then bathing. Entreaties to give up the idea were useless. He plunged into the river, and did not reappear for several seconds. When he rose again, he was at a great distance front the vessel, lie called tbr Ilse /mat loudly, with a countenance evidently filled with alarm. It had previonsly hove to, and it came Dear him almost immediately, bat lie would neither catch at a rope, nor lay hold of an oar, unhappily relying ton much on his skill in swimming. The impetuosity of the tide and wind at this point of the river, however were such as to drive him rapidly to a great distance from the boat in spite of every senior) ; and his own increasing alarm impelling him to contend strongly against both. it thus contributed to his speedy exhaustion. An oar was then pushed off to him, but he had not power to rest on it. In the agony of the straggles he was making, lie called out to a friend in the boat (Mr. 1). Campbell also of Tobago, both having come to England together), "My friend, I'm drowned! Campbell, drowned! 0! my mother!" Another boat came to his assist ance, but when within a few yards of him be finally disappeared. Every succeeding effbrt to render assistance or find the body proved unavailing.—nor has it yet been discovered. He was only twenty years of age, and was the only and mach loved sou of an amiable widow lady now residing in Tobago. On Friday, Mrs. Wright, of the New Rond, was alarmed by a gentleman calling at her house, and acquainted her that her husband had got into a scrape, in consequence of striking a hackney-coach man; and the Magistrates at Guildhall had ordered him to make same reparation for the injury, but having no money about him, he had undertaken to go to his house, and obtain 51. for him. Mrs. Wright, without hesitation, gave the sum demanded. In about half au hour, however, Mr. Wright appeared, and was not a little eon founded at the trick upon his wife, never having been near Guild hall during the slay, nor even spoke to a hackney-coachman. ACCIDENT.—On Friday last two young men, one of them shop,. man to a linen-draper in the Strand, the other a distant relation, Just returned from sea, hired a boat at Homgerfiird Stairs, intending to row themselves to Greenwich: in passing throngh the centre arch (if London Bridge, the tide running down at the time, the boat as is usual rose with the swell of the eddy on the east side, when the %Gang linen draper, in a state of alarm, rose from his seat and shifted to the same side of the boat on which his friend sat : the sudden jerk 'threw the boat over. A waterntan who saw the accident immedi- Aleti rowed to the spot and succeeded in saving the sailor. The other young wan bad sunk to rise no Dore. The body is not yet RAnnEwir.—On Thursday afternoon, as Mrs. Linch, of Hatton Clarden, and another lady, were crossing the fields near Copenhagen Mare, they were accosted by two men of genteel appearance, who demanded their money : the Ladies, without hesitation, delivered up their pones, from which the robbers took what silver there was, and returned the notes, saying, they had been plundered of all their motley by sharpers, and only required a 'supply for immediate sup port : they then politely wished the Ladies a good day, and walked towards town. They had 'the appearance of officers of the navy. POLICE. MA 21350 N Ho 0515.—Friday Henry Marsh was brought before the lord Mayor, and the following charge exhibited against him It ap. peered trout the testimony of a Ge• lei nan it nn the house of Messrs. Fry and Co. of Mildred's-court, banke,rs, th a country gent Irma:: had either lost or been robbed on Wednesday last, of a draft on their house. The smn was under 101. but the check tieing missed. pay. ment was immediately stopped. Thursday morning, the prisoner entered the banking-house in question, at.d tendered the .craft for ay ment. He was immediately asked into an inner ror , m, where, under pretence of paying him, he was detained a short time The door being closed upon him, and the delay in not receiving the money. exciting his suspicion, he begged leave to withdraw and 4% call again to morrow" for payment of his drat. .1 his, however, was refused him, and his alarm be ng not a little increased by the appearance of Hodson the officer, he suddenly wiz. d the check. tore it into everat pieces, anti having masticated it for a moment, swallowed every par ticle. Being asked who he was and how h became possessed of the draft. he refuse to give the slightest satisfaction The Lord Mayor, however, assured him that his obvpacy w. uld be hut of little se-- vice to him, and he would thereferre give him some days to repent aed r..flect upon it The prisoner was accordingly remanded. Yesterday, John Denton was charged with stedling a considerable quantity of coffee from a cart in Thames-street. The prironer was observed very active among the carts, and sou afterwards was met with a bag of coffee on his shoulder. He was stopped and rsked where he had got the coffee, but being linable to give a satisfactory answer, he was taken into custody. Ile yesterday told the old tale of being employed to carry the coffee by a stranger. He was re• mended in order that some efforts may be made to find the owner of the coffee. - - On Tuesday, the case relative to the robbery at Grantham was finally investigated, when it appeared, by a letter Iron) t►,e prosecutor, Mr. Askew, that the feraale prisoner, Ann Surgey. had acknowledged the fact of her having stolen the property, viz. 000 guineas in gold. and 14001. in bank notes. She stated, however, having done so fur the purpose of inducing fim 10 fulfil his promise of marrying her, and nut for the purposes of theft. Upon condition, therefore, of his perfortn ing his promise, and withdrawing proceydings. the property should Lc fully re%tored. This was agreed to, and the woman, as well as t!:a guard of the coach, were or course discharged. C;UtLDHALL. Wednesday, Mr. Richard Crowther, a young gentleman of respecta ble connections, was brought before Mr. Joshua Jonathan Smith, .(the sitting Alderman) charged with a violent outraye and assault, under the following circumstances :—lt appeared that about seven o'clock on Tuesday evening, the prisoner had succeeded in enticing from her home the daughter of a most respectable merchant, residing nee. Black friar's Bridge. The elopement was discovered, and her two •istt rs sallied forth, for the purpose of rescuing her from the consequences of her im prudent flight. By means of two boys, named Watts and Smith, they traced the way they had taken, and on coming up with them claimed the liberation of the young lady, which the prisoner resisted. A con siderable crowd now collected, and. unfortmottely, the young lady seemed his willing conapnition; while he exclaimed, that none should separate him from " his lawful wife," she as violently cluog to him. crying aloud that lie was " her lawful husband !" The sisters, how. ever, of the young lady. would not stop short tit her release; a genet:li scene of confasiun ensued, the prisoner brandishing and defending him self with a sword-cane, while the clothes of the young ladies were tom: from their hacks At length he was disarmed and secured, and the young lady taken home to her friends. The prisoner, who at know. lodged his intention of ruining the infatuated girl, was ordered to find bail for assaulting the two boys, Watts and Smith. UNION HALL Wm. Wilkins, a worthy son of Crispin, residing in Kent, preferrei a charge against Sarah Mole, an unruly cyprian, for having assaulted him in his own house. The complainant staled that the prisoner, a 1.% was not unknown to him, called at his shop in a state of intoxication, and insisted on his treating her with some gin, fo• old acquaintance sake ; he conseuted, and they had a comfortable drop together. The harmony of the sitting, however, was not lasting. The prisoner had formerly been a great favourite with the complainant, but leelings of jealousy on her part had destroyed the n nexion. and now, in he• cups, she could not refrain from adverting to the old topic ; this led to high words, which terminated in the lair lady's seizing a last, and commencing an attack upon h,t'r ci-dei.ant admirer's head. After hav ing received ►everal blows, he succeeded in disarming her. She diets took possession of a magazine of shoes, which she showered about in a. dircctiosa, to the great annoyance of puor Crispin, and the total i i SEPT. 3.