The National Register. — London, England, 1823-03-16 00:00:00

♦egad, 1821) discovered ber situation ; before that floe no nos knew it. m 4 defence noted prieeipAlly ow The improbsbiiittea and contradictions in the evidenca given by Mire Drew. The Jury, after some considerable deliberation, returned a •erdict for the plaintitr--Dsmagea 601. POLICE. BOW STREET.. On Friday the driver of a hackney soach was sammoned before T. Halle, E q. to answer the complaint of the Hoe. R. Foley, for abusive behaviour to bis fare. Mr. Foley stsled.'tbat lie was residing at Mivatt'shotel , its Brook street, and a few evenings since was going to one of the Theatres, and not having time to wait for his own carriage, he gut into the defendant's coach. When the coach arrived in Crest Newport-street; there was a stoppage of carriages on one vide of the road, but plenty of ruin. The witness called out to him to go on, and the reply was, in a very insolent tone.— "If you want to go on, go oat of the encb." He said he would, and the defendant got down to the door, but intend of opening he held it fast, and told witness lie abonid not get sue until he paid him his fare. Witness having no silver; got oat ou the opposite side, and was going towards the shop of Mr. Wynne, a glover, in Newport-street, for the purpose of pro curing elieuge, when the defendant came round after him, and and before he could reach the shop door, seized the skirt of his cost, and pulled him backwards with so much violence es to tear the coat op to the shoulders. 'Witness gave him s sove• reign to take his fang• but be then said he had not got change, and should keep the strereign. He returned to his coach, and the witness sent Mr. Wynne to him with change to pay his fire. Mr. Wtnne offered him the fare, bin be was some time before he would give up the sovereign, and continn. d, during the si hole of the time, to make use of the worst lugusge that could come from the mouth even of s hackney coachman. He was once, in the course of the time, requested to leave his coach. and come iuto the shop to receive his fare, but he said he would see them d—d first ; they must bring the limey to Lim ! Mr. Wynne corroborated the evidence of Mr. Foley, and said, he had never before heard any thing to equal the abuse that came from the mouth of the defendant. The defendant, in answer to the charge, add d the Ma gistrate in a mild, bumble tone, and bowed to the ground at the close of every sentence.- Ile said, the gentleman was an utter stranger le him, and he thought be had • right to secure his fare in t e hest manner he could. Mr. Halls said, he never knew a more wanton case of abuse and outrage ; and he should fine the defendant in the full pe nalty, with the understanding, that it was still open to the com plainant to indict him for the lt, or to proceed against him under the 2.1 of George IV. for wilfully dama , ing his property. The defendant was Geed $l. and costs.; and Mr. Foley de sired, that his moiety of the penalty might be given to some charitable institution, at this same time stating, that his only object was to make a public example of the defendant,-sod he mould therefore pursue hint no farther. • As the Traveller coach was going hour. Gloucester to Worcester, on Monday nim g last, the axletree broke near Upton, and the coach upset. Although there were passengers, 'lntimately bone were seriously injured.— One gentleman had the body of the coach remota upon him. and had the Muses moved, most probably would hate been crushed to pieces : as it was, tic escaped with only a few scratches. An attempt to defraud the bank of Sparrow and Co. of Chefinstord, was detected on Friday last in a moss singular manner. A. youth, about 18 . years of age, an entire stranger, presented a cheek purporting to be drawn by Mr. Kingsford, of Beeleigh-mills, upon Sir John Ltibboek and Co. for iol. Mr. Sampson, one of the firm of Sparrow and Co. happened at the tone to he in. the room adjoining the hank, and was at the Wend- i cal moment in converse with Mr. Kingsford. The check was handed to Mr. Simpson for his sanction,and on its being shown to Mr. Kingsford, that gentleman declared it to be forgery. The youth was promptly ap prehended, carried before the Magistrates then nun% at the Shine-hall, and 0021 eel for further exami nation. Dmitscs Rorreeetest—During Sunday night a most daring rubbery was committed upon the premises of Mr. Grace, hatter, Regent Circus, Oxford-street,— Some daring burglars colorised to break a bar of. the NOD grating in the street, and by. this means succeeded in pulling up the door of the area grating, and effecting au entrance into the house by the kitchen. They re turned a great quantity of a very large stock, and some articles of household linen and wearing apparel, and made their escape with the booty by the streecdoor.— Islo clue has aw yet been obtained of the robbers.—On the same eve g, between five and six o'clock,.the house of Mr. Pillairough.• builder, in Millman Meter s Millman street, Russell-square, during the abscuee of the family at evening prayers, was entered by means of a latch key, and robbed of an eight-day table dock, four silver table and six niter tea spoons, many articles of aveariog, apparel, house Mien, &c. It is supposed the thieves were disturbod, and made a hasty exit, as many otheo things were bundled up really to he carried OIL ISaUTAL ()VTR A 0 E..-.-011 Thursday as a young man, a sailor, was walking by a glacis leading to the barracks, at Harwich, about half past nine o'clock, ac companied by a female, the object of his affections, they were suddenly assaulted by four soldiers belonging to the 58th iegiorieni, who began to treat the latter in a most lULIWOUS manor; and upon his attempting to defend her trout their brutality, he received a severe beatiug, and the soldiers concluded by hurrying away his comp.+ iti defiance of her piercing shrieks. Ihe poor man made the hest of his way back to the town for assistance, and au alarm being created, a number of constables and other persons has:eited to die barracks in pursuit of the mis creants, but could not succeed in discovering them. search was continued until II o'clock, when it was fount that the unhappy female bad reached home in a dreadful state of terror and exhaustion, occasioned by the villanous and brutal treatment she had sostained.— The poor sufferer is an orphan in humble life, and dead lute of friends. Two of the wretches have been twice examined, and are committed for trial OU the capital charge. THE NATIONAL RIGISTEI Painticeftimitabe.---Russel. the Herefordshire pedes trian started at It o'clock on Wednesday n;ght to go to Dorchester and back, a distance of 240 miles, in 75 hours, for a bet of (00 sovereigns. It is nearly t h ree miles and a quarter an hour, ineliiihsiz stoppages The pedestrian did the first 48- miles ii 13- hours. Ile went through Andover, ($5 miles, about dusk, and al ter haliin an hour in the neighbourhood of Salisbury at three o clock on Friday morniog, lie reached Bland fool to breakfast, where he was detonted longer than he intended by boisterous weather. He reached Dor chester bridge at owe o'clock ott Friday, n o t being able to get on over the bleak country high lands more than three miles an hour. Lie retdrned 36 miles back, and went to bed, leaving himself 84 miles to perforin in 27 hours, and the pedestrian was fresh and well. He travelled on at the rate of rather more than four miles an hour, and had 13 hours to do 48 miles in after rest ing at Basingstoke. He travelled in much pain trout Eghani, but he arrived safe in the Haymarket at half past two o'clock on Sunday morning, having won by more than half an. hour.—Wright, the pedestrian, started oil Thursday last from Clerkenwell-green, to walk to Welwyn Mid back, a distance of 51 miles a day, for ihiec successive days, at twelve hours and a ball each day, and completed his last day's task seven minutes within the time, though the roads were very deep and bail, from six hours heavy fall of allow, and the pedestrian himself indisposed. He intends in a few days to start, to pet form a match against time , to walk 144 miles in 32 hours. bins.—Olt 'Thursday, between nine and ten o'clock in the forenoon, a fire broke out So a kitchen belonging to a chandler's shop and corl.ehed Hi Lancaster street, Commercial-road, which in a-short tune consumed that house, together with ail the fornitute, kc. and did a coosiderable deal of damage to the two adjoining houses, and it was with much difficulty the flames were pre vented from catching the back pails of •sonse houses iii the neighbouring court. The fire burnt so violently, that the floor was ready to fall in before it was discovered, and the inhabitants had but just time to escape with their lives. One woman, big-with child, was forced to be carried out. being so much frightened that she had not power to move, and it was feared •it-svottld coat her her life, DARING AND EXTENSIVE BURGLART.SaIIIrday morning, between live and seven o'clock, some daring burglars, entered the premised of Mr. Alexander Wylie, clothier, in Coodnit.street, liond.stmet. The robbers gut over the rails, and looks- open with considerable violence the kitchen door, Irons whence they proceeded up hairs,. and forced the warehouse tli3Or, f vhence they stole Id rolls of suptilitie cloths, of various hues; and a number of other articles, to the valise of 45111. The villains inu.t hale been provided with a coach. or. some other coot eyaisce, to car .y oil their pluisderofhittis was of great bulk. W hat makes the atTaik thortdarin3, a watchman sits oppostie the premises. - NILLANCSIOLT ACCIDENTS,—WeiIises4/ hoh about one o'clock, a dreadful accident' happened in Grace church-street :—'Phonies Cote. aged 111, lain of Mr. Cole„ Yard, Lamb's CUMlG4sfreel, was eaereisius. yt , pair of coach-hoists, whop, ip lusting through the above meet, the bosses took ,fright, and the unfOrticte young DWG was piccipitaiell to the granted, whet(' he instantly tropired,.and was 'Acts uv and removed so St. 'Dumas a Hospital: in the 1211 it war thscogred fp had received a severe CUIICUSSiaII of the brain, which writsinated his existence. The deceased !as •iu the 'employ of Meredith, of No. 10,"Stitifis Lambeth. Another dis tressing accident 'unbent& die saute day, in Lombard Street--Mr. S. W. Jove:, a respectable told man. 74 years of age, who resides in Taberuacic Walk, Snad welt, hail in the tom twig been to Chatham by the coach, to see his daughter; hating remitted and gritted the coach. he was inoceteling along Ldinbard Street, to hi s home, very infirmly, when by a thew% of passengers he was pushed into the road, and a cart parish% at the Sallie lime went over his body, wide') caosed • com pound fracture of the arch„ and broke fiveur six ribs on the left side. The deceased was iststautly conve)eil to St. Thosuas's Hospital, amid survived plaid the following morning, about seven o'clock, when he expired. Go runes inquests sat oil both bodies. Oi Wednesday mortiiug last,about ten o'clock, as Mr. Monkhouse, of Wapping, was riding along Milt End Road, his horse took fright at a. dmig-cart, broke into a gallop, and coining .in contact with the pole of a car riage, which was been driven at a quick pace, it wilor tunately run into the chest of the animal, and killed him on the spot. Mr. M. fortunately escaped unhurt. —Oit Saturday morning', about seven o'clock, as a lid, apprenticed to Mr. Gump, a butcher, of Vlo:llitechapel. High Stew, was going.liont one part of the slaughter house of his - master to the other, he bad occasion to go down seine steps, and iiistead of walking down thew he jumped, wisest. his course was impeded by a large meat hook, which caught his arc, and he reanaiiied 'mutinied until his master arrived and lifted him off.— 'The poor lads sufferings were intense. He was instantly conveyed soothe London Hospital, when it was tumid the sinews of his arias were sit much • injured, and the hash so much mangled, that immediate amputation was :resorted to as the only method of incurring life. The patient quietly.submittcd to the earthen', and we ale happy to hear he is in a fair way of retovety. BRUTAL. ALATC6l.—Match far 200 sot ereigus. to ride one horse IgUnillief in 26 successive hours.—Capt.l'igoo, of the ::,t1 Dragoon Guards, now at York Hartacks, having, two months ago, made the above engagement with a gentleman of that city, p. p. to ride his own horse the above distance iw the time stated, commenced the undertaking on 'Tuesday I is', at eleven o'clock at night, two miles in and oui, from Kaildal-lane to the two-mile stone min Burnham Moor, and perloriated the 120 miles in 916 minutes. Summaty—ls boors 16 11111 l utes work, and 7 hours 14 cumutrs rest.— Foul, 22 hours and 30 minutes.—Thus it will be seen that the Captain completed Ills task, having two hours and Jj mititites to spare, without either distressing himself or his horse. 87 .. SPRING AND NEATII—The substance of the articles of the great match of two hundred sovereigns for the . 20sta of May was stated Thursday, and after the gentle. men who made the match hail left, the commoners had a regular lbw up. Neate had no adequate repre sentative there, and his case lost in the hands of ToIIV Belcher, who nail in Ali. Jackson's presence promised to pay 15i. nut of she VSI. forfeit due to Spring upon a former occasion, Mr. J.. passing his word for the other 101. Neate had received a late forfeit of MI. Belcher refused to pay the said 151. and all the re 1111 l nstrauct on the part of the gentleman who upon this occasion put down the money fur Spring, was of no use. lii the heat of dispute some energetic allosious, hot very cre ditable to former backers, were made. Spring utfard to bet Belcher three bets of twenty sovereigns each, that he drew first Wood, gave the first knock down blow, sod w o n the battle. The std. is to be made 1001. a side ona the 211tti of April, and the whole of the 2001. a side to he staked in the hands of Mr. Jackson on the sth of May, Whelk Spring will have a• benefit at the Fives Conn. About a fortnight ago, the Isle of Mats was in some danger of being overrun by beasts of prey. Some cora• vans belonging so Polito got into a deep drift of snow,• our the road between Douglas and Ramsay, when, ow ing to the inclination of the vehicles, the beasts were forced on one side; the boards gave way, and forth issued tigers, bears, hyalias, amt other terrific ani- sisals but their ferocity was totally paralyzed, either by the cold, or the appearance of the snow all arootad, and happily they were setain got into were confine. meat, and thus the island was saved front • being pose • sessed by these unwelcome colonists. OXFORD Assizes.—The following very brutal wa-• ger has led to ass action at the Oxford Assizes Burford, July a, 1822. " A bet is this slay made between Me. Alston and Mr. Cole, for Jul. in the manner following :—Mr. Cole to ride a bay 'ivory, in his poss'ssiuu, and Mr. Willianis• Alatsts to rite a cliesinit hackney, in his pniSessien, each party to ride his own horse th gh Clieltenhatn as far as bilocesier, and back to &mead (tar place front whence they sun.) They are to start on the ifith of July together, and that which returiis to Burford first. tv be the winner. Each to ride the same road.--Signed by boils the parties, and witnessed by Mr:ilenry Webb."' The result Id the above wager was, that each party rode his omit horse 6 miles in five hours and a hall, rod that the hies of both anilliAls fell victims to the cruelty of their owners. The advantage, however, was with 11131111, but be disputed big loss to Cole, on the ground' that he (Cole) hail got off his horse before it arrived at Burford, and toad walked by the side of the animal into the sawn. The question was then referred to the Jockey' • z ...C'tib at Newmark, , , and the club decided that it was '" a drawn bet." Notwithstanding this decision, Mr. Beale, the stake-holder, refused to deliver op the stakes to the parties ; which might be *swing to the circum stance of a number of other wages and other suits of • money Vilticit he .held depending upon the issue of the pre tut case, and ass action. was brought by Cole against Beale. Verdict for the plaintiff, datnages_.l9l. due' . austront of the stake. BUR•I.ARY.—On Wednesday night, at a late hour, or eat ly Thursday morning, the dwelling-house of • Nlrs. Peachey, in Cr.stvfortbstreet, Por man-synare, was rubbed of an immense quantity of silver prate and plaid . articles, consisting of cattill, sticks, spoons, forks, butter boats, ke The thieves effected an meatier into ale house by the area window, and by breaking the panel of the shutter: they then proceeded to a room above stairs, • in which was the plate, deposited in a chest, which they broke (Teo, carrying away nearly the wlicee of the con. tents. the vtilams then ransrekethlrawers and boxes, and those of the servants did nut escape their inspection. They, however, appeared very choice in their selection, taking nothing but plate anti plated articles, with which they decamped without taisarg the least 41.11111. DRIIADMIL Thursday last an errand boy named Lee, was sent by his employers with a pace! • flout Bfll'lll 10 Ciiiii.1113311(1011 1113 way he Mt with die hostler belonging to Bennett's livery stables, in Ftognsore- Street, who imprudently lens him a • gentlensait's horse;: with which lie set IA for the porposeof riding to Clif.. • tens and back to the stables. When opposite the White Hart public house, in Limekiln Lane, ththorse was going at full speed, fell, and the lad was throwir from his seat, with his leg entangled ill the stitrup—are lioesertiwgetting up, set oil' at a ,gallop, with the boy dragging under his belly, and die:annual was not stop ped omit he reached Berkley Place, when the unfortu nate boy exhibited a shocking spectacle, his Iteadlfleing completely scalped, his - back dislocated, arid' art arm broken. Ott beinalaken up, he breathed twice, and instantly expired. •• lluitopoexs—cfn IVednestlay night last; between 9 and IWO'ClOak. the dwelling-house of David Sangster,. Esq. of Upper Kennington-lane, Vsuelsall.. was entered • you robbed of •propertyconsisting of neck amillt, brace lets, earrings, and brooches, to the amount of 200!. The robbers effected their entrance thrtiu6li the kitchen 'window of an untenanted house next door to the Prig • tavern, from whence they got on the roof, um, walked along the gutter until they reached the sky-light of Mr. Sangster's tttiu se, through which they passed down stairs to one of the beitrixone, and broke open a bureau which contained the above properly. CA SITU/X.—Mr. litannall (of the Newington school) . was ins Saturday stantimg with his back to the fire, hav• hug bas hands laelisml Il i 11l s asid his great and lt:r ens on, when a person who was in the rlll/111 took up one of his pistols (which happened to be upon the table) with • the intention of looking at its lock. By smite accideut or other the pistol wrist tiff, when Mr. Ilubman was : within a yard and a half of it, and lodged the whole of its cotton's, viz. tax slogs and fourteen swats shots, its the lett side folds of his cant., will doing hint she least harm. Ilatl he been. the sigh at; of 311 sue It more to the left, the whole cositents would Ilise entered his body. One side of his great coat was literally blown to rags. . I