The National Register. — London, England, 1815-11-12 00:00:00

NOV. 12. THE N .TIO bit in:portancv, as the property taken from Mitcham Common, by depositions, was worth titr,oool. There were some points. au. vaneed in those.depositions to Which the Commissioners bail affixed a line of boundary embracing *:00 acres of laud. It was mere ima gination that the boundary ever was in the Parish °Mitcham. Sir V. Gibbs observed, that he was far from thinking the Corn inis.ioners ought to be put to the greatest difficulty to establish a boism'ary. I here was some line to separate the parishes, and if they math the boundary which could bt supported by the verdict of a jury. It was sufficient. Mr. Sergeant He'd repeated, that there was no evidence whatever to justify Me boundary dawn by the Commissioners. The Court granted a title to she* cause, upon the assumption of there being no evidence to justify the common boundary. POLICE. tint/ 14 Lt. Yesterday, J. Woolley was charged with stealing ten volumes of the Statutes in qu►res, 4to. the property of Messrs. Eyre and Strains), printers. It appeared than the prisoner was in the service of the pro.. secutors, and had gone to the house of Mr. D' rcy, the bookseller, of Holhorn...nd i ffered the property in question for sale. The sum he demand-d was ten guineas, but Mr. b'Arcy knowing their value to be more than thirty, suspicion was excited, and information given, when the robbery was traced, and the books identified by the prose cu►ors l'he prisoner was fully committed for trial. Thoma. Cooper was also committed, it,ton a charge of stealing some linen, muslin, &c. from the shop of Mr. Tingle, of Holborn, on Fri day last. BOW-STREET. Monday, John Everett, alias W. Palmer, was brought before R. Biruie. Est; for re-examination, charged with having stolen a bundle, containing two gowns and other articles of wearing apparel, the pro perty of Mary Morris.— The prosecutrix is a girl only 15 years of age, lately arrived from Ireland. Her appearance is interesting, and it enabled her to obtain a situ ition in the family of a respectable gentle. man, in the Edgware-road In the course of her going on errands for her mistress she was frequently importuned by the prisoner, who ap pe red in the character of a lover, and swore by all the celestial attri butes that she was the " idol of his soul," and that unless she con sented to be his, " his life should waste in cloistered solitude." The poor cvedulout female, fully open to the base insinuations of this wolf in lamb's clothing, at length consented to leave her situation and ac. company him to the holy altar.—The hour was accordingly fixed for her depa-ture; the prisoner, however, did not forget to tel ter to bring all her wearing apparel with her. On the morning appointed he met her, and went to a church, where he spoke to a person for a few minutes, and returning to the young girl put a ring upon her finger (this turned out to be a brass on ), and told her they were married ;. they them set off for Epping, where they continued as man and ;vile for throe days.—The prisoner then suggested their return to town, and en their arrival in St. Paul's Church-yard, he begged to carry her bundle; he then pretenied shat he must call on a friend, and begged her to stand at the corner of the street for a few minutes; she did so for hours, and no lover ret u rned; he was fled, and with him every valuable the poor girl posseised.—Humphreys however, a police offi cer, soon succeeded in apprehending him, and upon his person was found the du; licate of two of the gowns, which the prisoner pawned at the shop of Mr. King. of Edmonton. In his defence lie said, that be only left her for a necessary occasion and when he returned lb th e spot where he left her she was gone, anti that she shared with him the product of the pledge. This the prosecutrix positively denied.—Mr. Birnie observed to him, that he was a poor pitiful scoundrel, and that he should feel it his duty to h.ve him transported if possible. He was fully committed tbr trial. ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, ere., Mr. Richard Hellen, of Birch, Essex, on proceeding from Chelms ford market last week, in company with Mr. Root, of Great I.eichs, towards the house of the latter, who on passing a pond, formerly a gravelf-pit, was somewhat in adtance on the road, owing to the dark ness of the night, drove his gig into the pond. Mr. Root, on hearing him call loudly for assistance, instantlYeeturned • but not fi nding him, and apprehend* the disaster that had occurred, he procured a light and assistance ; when, after much search, his unfekrtunate friend was discoveted at the further end of the pond, bereft of life ; the horse and gig at a short distance from him. Mr. Hellen has left a wife and five young children to lament.this melancholy caPastrophe. On Saturday evening, at the early hour of half-past five o'clock, as Mr. Rich, of Inner Temple-lane, was returning home in a gig to his €4OtTY hesssein Hendon, he was stopped by three footpads, at North End, near the five mile-stone. It being so early he did not at first consider them all rebbC4 and was dogging hiS ho:sc to go on, but they _. _.... rte. - . ~+..; ~.: s. i. yy M:+ ~.~:~ 'OW Ifni if he, presented pistol: pockets, but the) s•ance they are suseec._ . p. here then proceeded to empty and search Mr. It 's, pockets ;, he was 'tressed in a sailor's jacket, but did not appear like a sailor; lie had a 1 irge black patch on his face, as if for the purpose of disgitise. He Viol( from Mr. Rich his watch, chain, and seals, Si. in Bank of Eng land notes, a bill of exchange for seventeen guineas, fee. The other two robbers wore great coats. About three o'clock on the morning of th? 27th ult. the fishermen, of St. Doginell's and Aberpotth, near Card,ean, experienced a sudden and tremendous gale of wind, by which two boats and eleven of the crews perished. These unfortunate suetrers have left ten widows and thirty-five children. - An inquest has been taken at the Black Lion, Berwick -street, Soho, by A. Cell, Esq. the Coroner for Westminster, on the remains of the h 'dies of 1. A. 1.. Seymour, aged eight years; Mary Seymour, aged six years; and Frances Maria :,eyrnour, aged four years, who lost their Ives in the dreadful conflagration in Vfardour-street, on Thursdar m irning. Mr. Samuel Lake deposed, that he was junior partner with Mr. Seymour his brother-in-law ; that they carried on the business of surveyors and carpenters, at No. 79, Wardour-street •, on Vigednesday night they retired to bed, witness and wife slept in the front garret, and Mr. and Mrs. Seymour slept in the front room on the second floor with the two eider children, the youngest child slept in the back garret with the servant-maid ; about two o'clock Mr. Seymour was awoke by the smell of smoke, and instantly alarmed witness, who came down stairs, and finding the lower part of the house in flames, lie went up again, and prevented those who were coming down, except Mrs. Seymour, who rushed down to the street door; they were all in their night clothes, and had no time to dress, in consequence of the rapidity with which the tire was burning; he next alarmed the ter yams, and they all got out at the garret window, over the parapet wall. Having also given the alarm in the street, the watchman came, when Mrs ! Seymour opened the street door. By this time the flames , had got a-head, and it was impossible to save any of the property. He did not know what become of Mrs. Seymour, until she was brought to Mr. Falicer's, the ironmonger, in the utmost distress about her three children. Witness then went to inquire for then round the neighbourhood, but in vain : he heard nothing about them until that afternoon, when the two elder were dug out of the ruins, and the youngest child was also dug out about four o'clock the following afternoon: their limbs were entire, but they exhibited most dreadful spectacles. The neighbours arrived and rendered every assistance, as did several engines. Notwithstanding their efforts, the premises were burnt down in about an hour. What occasioned this sad calamity he did not know ; but he conjectured the fire communicated to the wood beam ;n the chimney from a copper, under which a fire was lett burning.--The Coroner, in Isis charge to the jury, observed, that the unfortunate circumstance was quite accidental, in which they min i tided, and returned lb; verdict acc9TAlayz— AcciDE NT A DEATH. 1 MRTH. On the it'll inst., at Bengeo Hall, Herta, the Lady of Rear•Adtr.iral Gwselin, of a dabghter. MARRIED. _ _ • On the 24th ult. at Chedworth, Gloucestershire, by the Rev t. Nutt, Mr. Geo. Payne, late of Terrington, to Unity, second daughter of Henry Locke, a gypsey. An Salm tnse concourse of spectators was assembled. and durin►; the marriage ceremony the church was com_ pletely crowded. When the sacred rite was completed, the parties adjourned to the gypsey encampment, about halt' a mile t:i:taitt, the bells ringing a joyful peal. About two o'clock a plentiful dinner was provided, a great quantity of provisions was distributed to the poor, and strong beer and spirits were hancled “bout in ab , lndance. llaccing and singing succeeded the dinner, and a substantial supper concluded the festiviws ! It is not known exactly what fortune the lady has; but the father offers 503 guineas with each of his two tintrarrci daughters, provided they arc united to men of good character, and householders. DIED, A few days since, Mr. Balls, farmer, of Dullinghani, Can,thrktge. shire; he was walking in good health in his stark-yatil, when he fell, down and instantly expired. On the 26th %dr. Jo•cnh Watts, who served the office of a nigtst ton table in Bath for several years, was again sworn in tor the en,i)i. ing ycgr ; but a few hours afterwards he was taken violently ill, and died on the fallowing Monday. He was to have been succeeded by George Battle, a patrole, hut on the very day of Watt's death he rup. tared a blood vessel, and survived but three hours. On Tuesday last, Mr. Furtescue, of Solom Lodge, Huntingdon shire, who was found lifeless in one of his :grounds. SuDDENi DEarn.—.Mr. Cambers, farmer, of llimpron, Middlesex,. lately went into his yard, and not returning, lii, sun and derigirrer wr-ikt• in search of hilt:, and disco% cred 111111 lying up the groewl ; 114 y plmrcd Hitt, by the ottistance of iota men, in a c!lin:, iru died w Itch Witl4tei. • L REGISTER; - 0 • .4 •tdifm if he attempted it they yvcmid blow Uis brains out, and alt resented pistols; Mr. Rich, in consequence, was about to empty his ockets, but they told him that woutd not do. From this circurn- ance they areSUSI`CCtCfI to be old practised robbers. , One of therm •~~ ~M