The National Register. — London, England, 1817-02-17 00:00:00

me. HUNT IN A NEW CHARACTER. The following story is in circulation :—On Sunday e . :ening, the 9th inst. Mr Hunt arrived in town for the purpose, as is known to every body, of being present next day at the Spa-fields meeting. He nut up at the . British Hotel, in Cockspur-street, and slept there that • night. As soon as Mr. Atkinson Morley, the keeper of the hotel, was made acquainted with the name of his guest, he desired his waiter to tell him, next morning, ,'tat he must quit his room, as it was engaged. Mr. Hunt went out early in the ramming, and returned at , eleven o'clock ; he went up stairs, and finding that his trunks had been removed from the room in which he had slept, he pulled the bell in a violent manner. The waiter came up, and was asked why his baggage had been renewed. He immediately after pot the same question to Mr. M. who followed the waiter up stairs. The latter answered, that the room was engaged to an officer, and that Mr. H. could not occupy it any longer. On this Mr. H. seemed very much enraged, blusterel a goad deal, called Mr. Morley a vagabond, together with other opprobrious names. and pushed him with some violence. Mr. M. told him, if he repeated the violence he would knock him to atoms, observing, at the same time, that his character flood fitirer in the world than lat,t of any demagogue like Mr. Hunt, who might go and preach in Spa-fields, but who should not exercise any authority in his horse. Mr. Hunt replied, that he would beat a dozen such witipncessappers (meaning Mr. Morley), anti there was nothity; he would like bet ter than to give him a good threshing. Mr. Morley 'repelled this threat by telling him, he would fight him at any time and place he chose. After some further c mversation in the same hostiie strain, Mr. Hunt saki, that this was an attempt to prevent him from attending toe Sra-fields meeting, and propmed that they should meet at Jackson's pugilistic rooms in Bond-street ; and, as he had to attend meetings, which would occults. , his time for the three following days, he fixed on Friday morning as the time when the contest should take place. • To this Mr. Morley agreed. During the course of the altercation that took place at this time, there was a short interval of tranquillity, in which Mr. Float, at his own request, AV aS permitted to stop in the apartment until he dressed himself. When he was going away, Mr. Morley followed him to the inn yard, where his tandem was waitino; for him, and asked if it was not clearly understood that they were to meet on Friday morning at Jackson's rooms. To this Mr. Hunt (lid not directly signify his assent ; but he said to the groom, • " this whippersnapper wants to fight me." The alter cation bet'.veen the parties had by this time collected to the .spot several gentleman of rank, frequenters of the hotel, among whom were General Sir Neal Campbell. General Buchan, Generals Sir Archibald and Sir Alex ander Campbell, General Ramsey, Admiral Sir Edmund Nagel, Captain Mitchell, Captain Berkeley, &c. After some further conversation of an angry description, Mr. Hunt drove off to Spa-fields. Friday being the day fixed for the boxing match, Mr. Morley, who possesses some knowledge of the pu gilistic art, proceeded to Jackson's Rooms, and took Oliver, the prize fighter, a'ong with hint. He arrived soon after eleven o'clor'', and waited upwards of an hour before his ante: mist male his appearance. The • zoom was nearly half filled with gentlemen of rank and fashion, some of them having been present at, and others having 1 eard of the affair of Monday lase. About a quarter after twelve o'clock, Mr. Hunt emce ed the room, accompanied by his friend, Mr. Cobbett The former, who appeared rather confused, immedi ately addressed himself to Mr. Jackson, and after tell ing him who he was, said he came there to meet the fellow who kept the British hotel; that he had for three years been the habit of putting up at that house, where he had always experienced the greatest civility anal attention, until Monday last, when his luggage was thrown out of his room, and he himself treated in a most ungentleman like ntanner, by that fellow standing then (piinting to Mr. Morley.) Mr. 7.torik y. taming to the company, observed, that in .point of site tkinu, he had very little chance in contetoling With two such got at orator' , te• Mr. limit and Mr. Cobbec, hot he would, in answer to the charge made Hcainst him. tel etc '• n idaht ttevarnisle•d tale." llr 16rn mentioned the • farts of the rase a, they li,cl actually occurred, arid sa'd lie would be ready to veril'y (loin ou Cla ih. Mr. Hunt did not . directly contradict Ilk slat. mint ; but hr asserted, that his trunks It a I not only been the.ovit oat of his room, butt they had been (toned. Mr. lurk), tills with indignation at hearittz a riairt!rt so ill joirions to the eh , ' racier of his house, hitmeattvly 1911 Mr. Hoot he was a ti —d liar. Mr. Coll . /wit 1111'11 made Some remarks to the following eflect:---" - Oh! 1 see how the matter L : I can easily ,tticoont fur the Toodurt of this 111411: lit II IS been hired by :he ought 'rates to provole toy friend to commit an assault apou In ordr r that he might be detained, and by that means pre vented from Wending. the Spa dields Moc,ing 4)3 Mui141,4)) Leo." Mr. llorley indignantly repelled this assertion, which he said was at once false awl absurd; and declared, that he had tno iiidepetident it mind to be hired bs magistrates, or he biassed 1w any one. Mr.Cohliett. 'Lei) turning to his ft iend, r.iinarked to him, thlti h.• wool)! be WIIOIIV uutit to stli!aill teat Wel pstitieat character which he had acquired, if he ll...vended so low ft. to ciwatte in a emit ist. Nlr. l'.l•Arlcy 4.441. lie soppii,ed Mr. Coltbett meant to publish all lii, in his swop, lilly ltegi•ic.r. NIL.. C. replied, that he would not. " Aye (r,..osiacil Mr limit) that is what the fellow aOtt : he lei.ates to giiie pultlicity to the atfoir." Mr. Cob. belt :are ltiti rempany to understand, that his reason for emninc then. ass to vrt Vent am tight trout tal:rg place. Mr. THE NATIONAL ;GIS' Hunt endeavoured to make it appenr that Mr. Morley was the challenger; but thi, was positively denied by the latter, who said lie ealllC there iu consequence of a clear engagement, and he had no idea that the other would afterwards decline a conduit which he had himudf provoked. After some further conver , alion, !tit-. Hunt left the rrinin along with his fiiend, and 'jr. !‘lorley cried out in his lienring—" There goes a white frather.'"fluts en•led the intended battle. Mr. Morley then begged permission to address the company on the subject of. Mr. Hunt's c plaint against him. lie said his only object in ;let ine as he did was to preserve the reputa tion of hi, ionise, which could not 1w done if it was frequent. ed by dein.ignuous, a his should have mobs following them to his door. If stwti a thing happened, persons of respeetability :lad rank world decline frequenting his house. He there. fore begged to know Why had conducted himself in a manner to toot the uppr,diati !!!! of the emormy. All the gentlemen present gave it as their upiLion that his conduct was highly proper and col rect. Lill' INTELLIGENCE. COURT Oh' KING'S lIENCII.—SATunnAv, EEL 15. MR. lIUNT .%Nll THc ibfl DOGIPOD. About a quar•c•r I,i t i e four o'clork, and when it was Iln derStooll that the Court was about to rise, Mr. Hunt presented hiniselfin front of thu har, and bowing obsequiunsl),addressed the Lord Chief Justice as follows _ My 13 31 11 P, is Lord, is Han% and I wish to be permitted to address yonr Lordship. At the same time, hon ever, an unde fended CallSft was called on, and Mr. Hunt, Lord Ellen borough not having noticed hint, did not press forward. As soon as that cause was disposed of, Lord Ellenhorough said, some one wished to address ire just now, where Is he Mr. Hunt then stepped forward, and said—My Lord, I stand before you as an humble suppliant in the cause of this poor hay Hotfoot!. The hoy was by his side. Lord Ellenburough answered, at the sante time looking among his papers, I ace no cause of Dogood here; I can attend only to the business of the court. Mr. Hunt cmitirmeal.—My Lord, petitions were presented to the House of Commons, and it was said there that he must go to the King's Bench. Lord El:unhorongh—lf any thing of that kind was said, Sir, this was meant—that an action must be brought in the King's Bench. If you hare any thing to do in the King's Bench, you must come in term tinte. I can now sitting at Nisi Priers, and c ',mot attend to you. Mr. Hoot then said, that the boy was told he must sue in firlan pimperis, mad that no UDC but Lord Ellenborongh could tell hint how to proceed. His Lordship replied, that Mr. Mint might have spared himself the trouble of cunning• into court —any one could have informed him this was nut the way to proem d. Mr. Hunt said the inay had no money to get information. Loral Ellenborough then repeated, that be could nut attend to the business, and left the court. POLICE. MANSION-HOUSE. rLOPEMENT.—The Lord Mayor Mini applied to by the friends of a young lady who left her parents on Thursday week, in the company of a married m iu , a music -master, Philip Anthony Corti. Tice oliiert of the application was to obtain the assistance of the City Police in the recovery of' the girl from her seducer... _ _ . . TLe Lord Mayor immediately dispatched two of f icers, with a search warrant, to a house in George-street, Mint:wres t where intelligence had been received that the fugitives were. When the officers entered at the fruit door, those of whom they were in pursuit escaped at the bact. of the house, and were seen by some of the neighbours running along the Mi nories. The officers were indefatigable, but they have not yet succeeded in their object. The state in which the ft iends of the young lady appeared at the Mansion-house is indescribable. One of her relatives burst into tears while he described her per-m, and said he never knew her by any other name man that of his " little darling." She is is years of age. The music-master is be tween 30 and 40, and has two children by his wife, from whom he hits been for some time separated. The unfortu nate girl had been for a Midnight in a state of mind which her friends called " most disturbed and incousolairie." Upon the day of her flight, which she accomplished when her pa• rents and sisters were at cards, she was observed to be even more than usually " pensive and affectionate." The night of that day was spent in distraction and despair by those she abandoned, and her absence was attributed to self destruc tion rather than to that to wii!rh hur former conduct had been contrasted. The real cause was sock ascertained. On Saturday last the Lord May or was informed by the Marshal that this young lady was separated from her seducer. Unfortnnately the separation was the very reverse of volun tary. No it than eight city officers were employed in the search, and it was with considerable difficulty they borc away the lady to her parents. Upon making a strict inquiry at the house in George-street, IMinories, from which Corti and the fair fugitive escaped, while the officers were knocking at the &tor, it was found by the Marshal that America was the destination of the lovers. They were to sail the day after the separation took place for New York, and Corti had made all the necessary arrangements fin. a long voyag e. They wi re phi) log at cards when the officers entered the room ; but the moment the warrant was shown, the lady started up, and made short rf fight. Corti sat still, and upon learning tat the warraat did wit extend its irduenre to himself, s. r meil very well pleased at the limit to which it had been confined. Hr afterwards, however, thonght himself very ill treated, for he cursed the hard hearts of parents, and re gretted that two who were made fur each other should be separated by the unkindness of those who s hould act as rus tily& protectors. Upon hearing this lamentation, the young fatly felt into tilt, recovered, and was convey ed in a coach to her father's house. The landlord of the house in Hermitage street, Wapping, where the lovers lodged, said In , was sorry the only punish ment he could legally inflict upon Corti was to turn him out of his house. The officer" complained vmy notch of the violence AFitil which the young lady treated them. MTI.ANCIfOLV CASF.—A short lime shire Hannah Shep herd, an onfortosiale girl of Clticlielvr t lurt tho ril•all'lful li.4l; Isome soldiers to Hi teliton, whet e tibe soon hecaitie so diseased and destitute, that she k, is not %%here to lay her fiend; but one evening, being casually filet, while seeking a loit , ziag at some little public-house, h3' a muster ebialitey so ceps. r, he prote,ced murk cointias,ion •owards lx r, and uttered her a lodging for the ;light at his Louse, ss1,1.1:10 Lownow :—Printed and published by U. at No. 11:,, STitawn. oppoite Exeter 'Change ; and forwarded imp ;I e Country by all Clerke of the Roads, andilooknilet• free of Postage. ••• •••• j • 1"-• • ty•• .111 it'll C 00 1 .34: !be r g 'Ass to kirt Vent jtit tight from til:rg place. Mr. uaered her a latiglng for the uiglit rEBRIJARY 11. lie conducted her under that pretence ; but soon after their arrival, a woman of the neighbourhood was alarmed by the cries of murder; she hastened to the spot ; and on entering the sweep's house at the back door, witnessed the cause of the alarm, anti further was lammed by the pros. Irate victim of a vile passion, that the follow was using her excessively ill; upon which she departed, and communicated the circumstance to some Peace Officers, who, in COPSC (pence, paid Mr. Sweep, alias Noble, a visit; but on finding • the girl standing before the fire, and without making any formal complaint against any one, they did not feel them selves instilled in taking him into custody; but being cads fied as to the girl's deplorable condition, they advised her to go to the blaek ho!e, where she would be sheltered from th e inclemency of the weather, have clean straw to lie upon, mud be furnished with food from the poor-house (nearly full) mid, she could be examined as to her parish, and see t holm . To this site consented. and an order of Magistrates was ac corilinely obtained for her removal; but as she appeared too ill to undertake the journey, she was sent to lbe pooh-house, where medicine, and every thing her case required, were ad ministered; Monet' to no purpose, as she died on the follow ing day, and seas decently interred in the church-yard. The in terment was followed by a rumour, that the death of the poor creature was ranged or accelerated by the barbarous treat ment of the chimney-sweeper, who had absented himself, and thereby given a high colonising to the rumour. Ho however in a few days returned, when he was taken into custody; and on Monday week brought before Sir G. Webster, and the Rev. T. It. Kemp ; when the effair underwent a full investigation • and the re. stilt of which was, an order from the Magistretes for die disinterment of the corpse fur the irFpection of the Coroner's .lure. The body wilt necenlinely dug up the same evening and deposited in the church, where the Jury essembled; and after hearing the es id,nee produced. very minutely esuanined the body ; but finding no marks of external violence about it, they returned a verdict—Died of Disease and Want of Nutriment. —lt is remarkable, that the body, though it had lain buried more than a week, exhibited not the smallest symptom of putridity, nor was it in the least offensive ; on the contrary, the Jure declared, that it was the fairest and best looking corpse they had evil beheld. It is indeed said, that it appeared more free from impurity than when it was shrouded. The deceased, when in health, had the remitatien of being a very pretty girl; but if such be the sad effects of be tiny, it were better to be ugly--The Man of Soot was again bmught before the above magistrates on Tuesday week, and, afttr a euitabl: admonition, liberated. BIRTHS. The Lady of 11. Maclean, E.g. of ltrunawick•squnre, of a daugh. ter.—The Lady of T. Forrest, F..,(4. of Shdichl, Becks, of a son. M A II R I F:D. Capt. K. Forbes. of the lion. Fast Ind *Company's ship the Sibbald, to Marion. dam of Mr. 3. Brown, of Mead Lodge, Huns don. Herts.—T. Fender. Esq. eldest on of T. E. Forster. Esq. of Clapton, Hackney. to Julia, 3d dau. of Col. Beaufoy, of Rushy. heath.—Mr. B. Riggs, of Northareptoa-aquare, to Miss Mary Yal lop, of Dalby-terrace, City-road. nirn. Suddenly (being taken ill while on horseback), on Tuesday last. George William Evelyn. Earl of Buthes, one of the sixteen Peers of Scotland. and Colonel of the Surrey Yeomanry. His Lordship was twice married. He has left four daughters, the eldest of whom suc oasis to his titles and estates.—At St. Aruand, France, Mrs. Gordon, wife of Capt. Wm. Gordon, of Ist Foot, or Royal Scots.—At Con naught-place, the infant (tau. of Robert Wignun, Esq. M. P.—At Rath after a short illness, Mrs. Heywood, of the Theatre in that city, and the Surrey and Olympic Theatres.—At the Jews' Hospital, Mile. Fed, aged WS, Henry Cohen.—The infant dau. of Mr. Bowyer Ni chols, of Ked-lion-passage, Fleet street.—ln Piccadilly. the lady of James Laing, Esq. of Jasnalca.---At Kennington, Matilda, wife rf Mr. G. Meey, of the F.ast-India House.—ln Rathbone.place, Mrs. Perrin, wife of Dr. Perrin, of the lion. East-India Comprny's Medi cal Establishment, Bombay.—At Clifton, near Bristol, M. A. Ridley. wife of the Rev. H. J. Ridley. Prebendary of Bristol Cathedral. LONDON MARKETS. CORN-P.XCHAWGE, Feb. 17.—We had some arrival.; with Wheat this morning Rom Laser and Kent, real fine samples of which so ld at Monday's p rices, but ordinary is dull, and ts. per quarter lower ; fine Oats sold at Monday's prices. but ordinary is dull, and rather lower j Rye 2s. per quarter cheaper; Barley from 4s. to ss. cheaper, Malt it lower ; Pease are dull. and ss. lower. S. S. Wheat 63 a 74 Fine ditto 9B a 115 Rye 64 a Fine Barley 50 a 35 Malt. BO a 86 s. s. White Peasel;7 a 70 Grey Pease 441 a 50 Beans 2B a 34 Ticks , 56 a 42 Oats. l4 a n Poland Oats 20 a SI Potato ditto 4'2 a 511 Fine Flour .100 aIOS Second ditto 9 allW Rape Seed... 501 a 54 PRICE OF MEAT, MONDAY, geld. Ne Head* at Cattle at SalleOleld. Beasts, about.-- 2210 ISheep 14800 Calves Pigs 340 Pat. rrzole and Leaderthat. 1 Carcase I. S. Beef 2 8 a 3 X Mutton —3 4 a 4 0 Veal 4 4 a 6 o Pork 44— a sly Lamb 0 0 a 0 0 s. d. s. d. Beef 3 0 a 4 6 Mutton -5 A a 5 0 Veal ...-4 0 a 6 0 Pork -. 3 4 a 4 8 Lamb 0 0 a 0 0 AVERAGE PRICES OP CORN PER QUARTER, nt ENGLAND ANT) WALES, ECM THE. WEEK ENDING FEB. It. Wheat. I Rye Barley Oats Beans I Pease I 101 II 161 9 50 10 30 7I 98 3 57 15 AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR, Computed from the Returns made in the week ending Feb. 1?, is 4As. I Id. per cwt. exclusive of the Duty of Customs paid or pavahlr sh rre . on on Importation thereof into Great Britain—(Notarday's Go:.rtfe.) Sr. JAMES'S WIIITECHAPIL 1 f SMITEIPTELD ( HAY AND STRAW PF.R LOAD. t. s. a. .E: s. a.Arer..r. a. a. 'Hay 3 3 0 a 6 0 0— 4 II 0 Clnvcr 5 0 0 a 6 9 0 5 15 0 Straw 2 2 0a 2 12 6 2 7 5 'Hay 5 0 0a 6 0 0 5 )0 0 ClovLr 6 10 0 a 7 10 0 7 () 0 Straw 1 18 0a 2 8 0 2 3 31 'Hay 't 0 0 a 5 15 0 5 3 0 Clover 4 0 ()a 8 0 0— 6 5 0 ,Straw 1 16 0a 2 5 0— 2 2 (.. COAL MARKET. Ships at Market. Ships sold. e. d. r. d. FRIDAY, FEN. 12 9'l I Newcastle 312 from I :!:‘ 0a43 0 I I) I Sunderhuul I 2 I — I 6a32 0 PRICE STOCKS THIS DAY. Rank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols tlf4,4 4 per Cent.