The National Register. — London, England, 1820-09-25 00:00:00

LOVE APPLE, or TOSEILTO'4ERRT.-.—LOVE apples are nowt° he seen in great aisitinlance at aH oor vegetable markets; • but I do not find (observes Phillips in his late nor* oil fruits) that they are ussil by the middle or kisser classes of English families, who have yet to karat the art of itoproviug their sfislies meta vegetables. Tins , fruit has long been used by. the wealthy Jew families in this country; and width] these last few years it has conic intogreat use with all our best cooks, as it posissses in itself an agreeable acid, a very unusual quality in ripe vegetables, and which makes it quite distinct from ail garden vegetables that are used fur culinary puipoiss iti this cmautry. Wingt boiled in soups and sauces IL I tit partsan acidof a most agreeable flavour: it is also served at table boiled or roasted, and sometimes fried with eggs. This author states that it is a native of Mexico. front whence it was brooght by the Spaniards, woo. as Barham observes, uses them ill their sauces and gra, vies, because the juice, as they say, is as gaol as any gravy, and also, by its richness, warms the Mood. Par kiuson ineutions it as beini , ° cultivated in this country as early as 1650; but it was then placed for ornament curiosity only; and even at the present time they ar grown lit malty garileits iti E Blood merely ior the sio gularity of their appearauce. %Yr leant !hat 0112 gar dener at Isleworth gatlisted 133 bushels last builiitie: 1110111 600 plants only. We have no docht but lie has fiturad a really sale this year at Cotton instead of Covent Garden, as they are much admired by the Italians. An accidentoscurred the other day, after the return of the aquatic excursion front %Woolwich, in the %Vest• minster-road, by one of the wheel- of her Majesty's car riage passing over the kg of a young mils, who hail incautiously approached too closely, which lacerated it so dreadfully, that at fi:st it was feared amputation woutd be indispensable. The circumstatice liappimed close to surgeon Fox's house, Nlelina•place, whither the tnifor innate lad was instantly conveyed, and where every pos. tattle attention was rethlered that the nature orate case required. Notwithstani.ing laic wound 'sof coasiderable ritagittele, and h contused (the bugles beim, laid bir.. Cot several inches), under the judicious treatment and humane attention of Mr. Fox the patient is likely to du well. As soon as the accident was to u:: Suomi to her 'Majesty, she, with the truly characteristic huuw.riiy ofd Branch Queers, soon forgot her own cares to sympathise with her afflicted stilijsct. A messetigsr was despatched to the tesitlence of the young man, whose parents arc extremely poor; temporary relief was afforded them, 'with an iiitiniation that the prolessiosal gentleman should not discontinue his uttencllltice for the want of -adequate consideration, and ilia:, in the in.antinte, tile patient would hot be forgotten. HORRIBLE INSTANCE OF RELIGIOUS MADNESS - - A poor woman in the Goo ss, near ltockingitain, last 'Saturday, cut her throat, under the painful cooviction that she could not be saved. We have seldom heard of a snore distressing case. Her character was altu F ,ether respectable, and site lived with her hushatid and ta.iiily its great domestic comfort. Yet she had persuaded her self that site was an object of diville tory:tnable wrath, and her misery became so intolerable that site resolved so eutl it by co tttttt Ming tie dreadful act also e stated At the awful moment, however, her fortitude scent: to have failed her, for the wound itiflicted was not 'mortal, bat so severe as to castle an ir ttttt ense effusion of blood, which, when she was discovered, bad Lirotiailt her to state of great debility. Still she might have tieen stied, but mifortutiately the young titan sent to eltalialtie her, on the very point of putting iii the needle to sew tic wound, tainted away, oppressed by the deitsssitir sigiit of the patient and the blood with which rhe room Wit; deluged. Tiles time was iost, and, hi:um further assist ancecoold be oloained, site was a corpse. URDEIC—Ott Tuesday, sth inst., John %Wright, of Vol erldimpton, leekslllllll, was *ell 'Mho custody lint drowniug his a()11, James Wright, boy of about lite . years of age, in the Ho iningliani canal. Ali inquest was held on the body of tile- lad on Wednesday, before 11. Smith, Esq., Coroner ; and we extract the following partieuhus of Ibis distressing, - cite:nips- dilCe Inholl the de positions :—Wriglit's wi:e, who had been from him some months attending a sick parson, went MI with another man to Darloton, on Sunday the 3.1 inst.,wheic Wright round nolo, and brougit her house to his lod gings. They slept together, and appeared perfectly reconciled ; but as soon as he went to Ills wink cm ths next morning, his wife left the house and did not return. When ha came home to his (limier, mid futtit.l she was again guile oil, he became extremely agitated aril frantic, and columned so during the day. le that night slow with the boy, and out 111 C. following morning gut up about seven ii cluck, and, taking tile lad with hi it, pro ceeded to Wyrley can ii, 11110 Wil:Lil he threw loin hut reletithis, jumped iti .titer loin, and took hint out, and went to 1 cuttase to dry iiletliSekes, lie wa: desired to take the child home, and put loin to bed. lie We'll away wish the intenuots of doing SO; but feeling at a 10ab to account lin the state in n halt they were, tie again resolved (Tot' &echos his purpose, which lie ac cordingly did. lie then Caine Welt to toe town, and very Smartly afterwards commit:l:c ited what he had dose to two of his relations, who went with him to the Ills • ghain canal, near Atiterlev, when one of them went in, andiiatutil the body. its beau;; Liken from the iv tier, the prisoiler mantis:tett tlta strougest marks of alfectiod toa.irds it. Vs less spoke to the miliaria kindness tol.ii ivnicii his prisoner had treated the child, awl to tl: • a as. - 1 cutifiisetl iintte oh 'l.lllll before and after toe perpetration of the crime. The Coroner's jury returned a verdict of ' %Valhi murder;" and Wright bas been con tttt itteil to tit: county i4Ol thereupon. At the sale of his LAIC stork of trite Merino sheep, on toe (jai inst. tile M i stiest bidders did out muds exceed the puce for the Sutitiolowsis. 'I hit vows of tile royal dairy chiefly consisted of the Durham slid lweestur laced, wl.ieli soul at various puns, list the highest did out exceed 301. At Hallos Fair, on Tuesday, the quantity of sheep (Meted for sate was very great, but very new of which were disposed of, althintgli'offered at very reduced iiiices. THE NATIONAL REGISTER DiSCOVH.RY SittPe.--Consitkrable apprehension% have been entertained hy many persons for the safety of the vessels which sailed last year to the Adriatic Seas, on account of the want of all informatiou res:leeting them; but these fears have not existed with those ac quainted with the subject. It is well known that the jest in the lira' iiistatice, was to explore the Lancaster Sound, which had lez.ai represewed, by diet:want:tiier (tithe former expeditioo, as eiturelEstorrountled by land, and 'testily blocked up with ice. The ships were seen and spoken to its July last year, being then on their pas sage to Lancaster Sotend; and as they have been !wittier sect' nor heard of since, it is coriteciureil th4.y hoe made their way through the Sound, into seas hitherm unexplored ; for, hail no passage existed throtigh it, they must have returned through Davis's Straus, and there been seen by some of the IViialera in toe' last 1... - -son. This conjecture is strengttielied by intelligence just ceivecl iron Divis'a Straits, by which it appears nail, In the present stiatmer, Captain .I(siiiison, its the Cos . !Tian, of Hull, sadled tip Lancaster Sound eighty mina: tte wood a large swell and the wind t.trlmg against Into, the sea there, beitt spite clear of ice, the sides of the ' Sound were siliont Lt`o miles :mart at the highest point lie reached ; lie could see 'JO mars, or thereatioins, further up, and there was no appearance of land Or any obstruc tion. Captaio Johnson seems to have no doubt that the discinery ships had passed tnrou.;,'ll the Satind, but he heard nothing of them. lie left the Sditild on the 230 of AuJist, on which day lie met Captain Bell, in the Friendship, of !Its% sailing up the Swint!. The Frieud- Ahip as well as the Truekre, another Whaler, had also proceeded to the northward in Davis's Straits, and have been in much higher latitudes than Captain ltass. The 11/haters, wlt;cli are now on their retort', will of course bring moth interesting information, hut intelligence from the discovery ships can hardly yet be eXpeCteck. MA VurAcTußll.lo DISTRICTS.—The simatioti of ascertained as it is by actual inquiry, is suclt as to str.ke conviction to the mint, of every consi derate man, twat we are in a rapid course of natioual decline, and float nothing but a mange of system can save us Irmo bankruptcy. Tile case of Birmingham is that of every itiattullseturiog district in the United King dom, and tiot only of the manufacturing districts, but 111 the great agricultural body of the realtn. We trust the useful example of Lite Gentleineit of Birmingham will be foilowed, and that there will be laid before the public a statement of tile local situation of very other gnsat town ; for it is only by such expositions, that Pir liauient can be truly informed of the actual condition of the country. It is in vaat to trust to Cosmos-house books against such evidence as the Committee of Bir iiiitighani have -protbieed, since, however specious the entries on die books may be made lin the purposes oa' fallacy, there call be no dispute as to the decrease of cowumptioit, when all the persons etigage , l in vending articles of tile first necessity caitcur in their testimony as to the flonintittim to sales. Fool-Pau ltosegitx.-4)11 NVe Inesday evening, be for.! dark, as Mi. Roland Brampstopt, of Bird Stteet, Oxford Street, was returning home front Kilburn, he was ov eriakell in we li,rids leading from theitc , to Lord's Cricket Unhand by sonic villains, one of whom, without the slightest nitiniation, knocked him down, and he was afterwards kicked on the head, which deprived hint of his senses. Fite ruffians got !nun Min his watch and the contents of his pocket, about 17s. its silver, and Ms hat. Bratibpston (lid not recover until roused by some people returning front work, and he was conveyed lemur much hurt. l'licaz robbers are supposed to be long to n9llle diabolical gangs about the E.-1-ware Riad. About two oclock on Tuesday morning, tie family of Mrs. Sophia Johnson, of hy-house, Nortlt.end, Hamp stead, were Manned by hearing some persons in the house. The alarm bell W 39 immediately g, and after snort mite the watei iiii all and some of the isogobours came to their .e.sistance. 0.1 ex.untiting the premises, a lighted taper Wa3 l'oood on one of the chairs in toe hall. Two time-pieces had (wen taken from the mantle-piece in the parlour, and placed on true floor and several miter articles were deposited in places the most convenient for carrying them oil. Owing to the precipitate retreat winch the (Jelin:penis were obliged to make, they had ()illy time to take a lady's gold watch and a black silk pelisse, and the latter article was Annul in an adjoining field in the course of the morning. Entrance to rue house was 'gained by breaking ()pest with a crowbar a door leaditi; into the garden at time back of the house, and by the saute way the escape was effected. Ott ‘Vetitiesday two lads, named Rowe and IVills, wen.: together in a house at Lainellion, near Liskeard: Rowe, in a playlid matt tier, took up a !tun, winch was tit the roam, acid, not conceiving it '.vas loaded, levelled the piece, and told Wills he woald shoot hint: nolurtu nately he palled the trigger, and lodged the contents of tile gii.l, a clitir4e of shot, in the neck and head of his companion, who was so desperately wounded that lie tics WiLilo.il lILTO recovery. 111 AS Clseise Nionday week two members of to C iiiiiiii lute fur obtaining signatures to the Adoress to the Queen, boll' the artisans and me, eitaides of this town, were taken 111115 cos: lily on A charge ()I' v2v..ticy, prefetre 1 by Mr. 11,11;11, wlio keeps a barbers s' cop in Mat Let-st reel. It apt from the statement before the magistrate, 111.11 Mr. Lang and Mr, Pet low (hie two olienders iti (piesuite) were solicitin e , sithseriptions to defray the expetters incidental to the tatiittient of signatures. Passt zig boot ahoy to sin.p, due course they arrived at that hum, 111 the ilecdpatl.rit ul Mr. Hetror, by whom they were instantly seized, and delivered over into the custody of an officer. Tile next morning (Tiles lay), at Ist, the case came on before Mr. Norris. True Borutighreese was strung nit the :bench. defendants were immediately so at liberty, and, the box having Oren returned to them, they depot ! out of court wit() a numerous bud of their (rands, Wilt) 11911 jtteii,jeO to witness the proceedings. On the 18th inst. the Max", of Knicarditie, Brow:1, master, trout lte,ta inn London, went on the Ref:kr .•: Lowtstuft, but was got oil by assistance Croitt with but little damage. 311 A privase soldier belonging to the !Loyal Veterans, of the name of Shannon, was picked up in the roadway close by the Queen's !lead pia:die-house, near Chatham Church, on Wednesday morning, in nearly a lifeless state,• and was curled iJ the hospital, where he died ihe next day. From the account lie gave of I • self, it WJS cJojectured, that he had thrown himself frim a window of the public-house, in a state of intoxication; anti as no evidence was adduced to b;10.11 , that tir had stiffere,l bum) , by any miler itteati:4, the Caroller's Jpry, W Is SII tI:11011Z.1 by It. 11 . 11,1 c, 41 VClthCi of A'.',2111.•11: i I) 1;t1..' (1 1 '; • I'l .1 r 11. ,•t I , r 1.1.1.4. ran to tl, . , at 1, V , : -11111 1. , 111 '.IC (-)41rIo!le . Clt tuarl r, the hiothor of the imbe I,Vcre tiro - . 11 '4l. Oil rhOntlily OW, the completion of toe E sex ;old Colchester Infirataty was celebrated. Tins buddittg, erected in a very airy situition on the road to Lexdeti, consists (if several sikwiwis and lofty wards, fitted up for ibe reception of WO pa ticats. The Corporation, the Archdeacon of Colchester, &c. attended divine service a c t' - St. p'eter's Church, where a %cry excellent sermon froth Likexiv. 1.3, 14, was preached by the Rev. C. J. Bloom !). 1). Wetor of St. Botolph's Bishopsgate, and ofCreat Citesterl'oru, Essex, who wade a very pathetic ai.peal to his hearers.—Upwards of 601. was collected at the church-doort —After the sermon a numerous party par took of a djeune , u ia faureiwlie in one of the wards ten the hospital. Toe it of the preacher was proposed 1:! 11. N. Jarrett, El. with thanks for his sermon, awl .t request that it might be printed, to which, however, Mr. IS. begged to decline according. At the conclusion of the repast dancing commenced, which was kept up with great spirit to a late hour in the atttritoon. The Infir mary was opened for patients on Thursday last. On Aloud:ly se'noight as a servant of Mr. Neal, of Whissonseti, was returning Imine from Fakenhain with a horse and gi4. in cro , sing the river at Hempton 11,11 the horse put his head down todrink, awl the bridle rein being lo;r6e, it is supposed his toot gin entangled, as at pultiii him it was touwl he could not get his head up, in coosequence of which the horse was pulled round into the pool, which was a hole 15 I . ect deep, he Minte d me:y sunk, with the gig and driver. Although assist ance W.. 13 at hand, it WAS 110 t possible to save the home, and it was with the greatest difficulty the man . ; life was saved, by means of a rope Lacing lowered to him before he was Tine exhausted. Last week a match of cricket was played at Milden hall, between the clubs of that town cod Stowniarket ; and on Mouvl.iy last the return match was to have been played at Thorney Green, near Stowitiarket, hot the wetness of the day prevented its takiti . „; place. VERY REMARKABLE ESt.APII.—On Friday week, as Tlrnnas Liiillavv, stonemason, was employed iii the inside of a well, at Newtown of Rucklilfi, a few iniks from C:trilS;e, he was completely buried by the falbog lto of i;ic walls and earths. He was Sialltliil4 t.p.m a ladder, some yards from the top of the well, wizen he perceived the walling and earth beneath to give w iv, and almost instantly the whole top pan fell in upon hon. witit an immense quantity of mould, which comiletely buried the poor wan nearly five yards below its surface. Tue other workmen np.lu the spot iininediatdy tx:g.us in clear out the rubbish, to save, of possible, tile life oh' their fellow workman, altliJiign they entertained little hopes of success. After away the WOOL'S, many of whiell were very large, they beard the voice of tile witUrtisaute man through toe earth ; he was Calling to them to work by the rope, front which a bucket was stispended. 'After twee hours' labour, they came to the tin 'intimate sufferer, who was so thinly fixed it, the ruins, Ma. it was iiiliieult to !Olive its lege. It is caletihted 11131 tau Ices 111311 lett cart loads of rubbish lay upon ilim , and vet, it was very remai;table, he was extricated not only with life, but twitho tat SoilaillolA any material injury. He was aide to porsue his usual occupation tan Alunday, having highway one day's work by ins taiistOrtutie. ROBBERY AND Am.:art' T.) MUS.DlR.—Tiitir•zlay night, between eight and nine as.Gro. one Of the constables at lileTown flail, Southwark, was walking over the Dover-road, his attention Was atiracte.l by a moaning noise, which seemed • so proceed now, a small field at the end of Dover-street. Iteeteoed to where he thought the voice proceeded froin r owl as be approached closer, he nelteid a Iltall.stretelictl-ost. the ground. The °dicer lifted him tip, but it W. 14 iunte.tinte before lie could persuade him he W. 1% sale. At .lenod he suffered himself to be catered Iwo the road, and trout thence to a surgeott, witere he was' properly dr-J*srd. Titer:: were three desperate %voutiels on the Arad, acid one OD the cheek, supposed. to hove. been. ititbasettoby sonic heavy weapai ; his clotbes•were tom and hkenly. The account ire gave of the circtutistaiice. Altai be was a stranger to di,: iteighbotirinind ; that while ing the field tv!te..t.• the officer imiti - 1 I ,he was attack-'•1 by a smother of thiet es and Wt1:11.:11, Will beat him wet!. lie was stunned, anti their-brik-his widett and poet:et-book, in which he gm! 51. in OoleS,L: - Sttleze.l few Endings lit silver, with. which they wade nil,. ism ing him to that deplorate situatiow ' thee a LIAO. was that hr cuul.t nut itlettutv,auy of tbc.ofiteas. A LUCKY PAltt. 1--1:1 eirli.lllltlll, respectiug the ille.l6l's t•ussetiseil by the ieveral parishes lit England to viitscate the poor add ICileri,•ll bo4lte.l, MAL 1 1 1 oile p•111$11 of St. Aliellstel 11A•si-tlaw. " there are not ails' pear tanatiitams! t.r.a.tti toe some return invintoos 114111.111 CM bur; 1.04 e(111011ti011 ul 10U111 and 111.1 t then tae 11 1 1 thtlei ill*Wi- Alf lue tile puriane Me:location. The .1144114 h 4:0111111.a tiso it:021117..1:a5. An action of, Ctila. CON. wberein Mr. - Witliaat- Henry Hall MIS and saiajor (ieo. (Id.nalunt, was trie.Lit the Supreme Court a. flan fax, on the of July. The plaimi:i 's ea,e was est:o.'l6lm.: by a number of witn i th•! Jury, a.kires irmn tho Hon. 413 Lour's I:aeration, tau, •i t.. the