The National Register. — London, England, 1821-11-12 00:00:00

Volice. BOW STREET. TEE WE/Matra Rua.—On Friday a person acting as shopinan to Mr. Dobree, a pawnbroker, at Charing Cress, appeared upon a sonorous' to allsWef Inc complaint of Jane Jones, a poor hui very deceit looking woman, fur refusing so deliver sip a actiuili ring, which she had pledged there for a small sum of money. Mr. J ► said, rho had lived at Deptford ; but being some time ago in London for a day or two, iipon husatess, her money inn stunt, and sloe was o'diged le pledge her ring, which was the only thing or viille she had atiout her. As soon as she could raise the money, she came again to redeem it ; w hen instead of her own ring, the delemlant gave her one of considerably less value. But it was nut that lie minded: sloe w ould not take ally oilier than her own, if it were five times the value. The shopinan declined, that the ring he gave her was the ante %%his vit turd. The round:6ll;4A said, she was upon her oath, and she would declare most solemnly that it was out the same. Mr. hall..—" is your husband living I— Mts. Jones.— " Yes, Sir, to the bast of my knowledge ; but he is game a long voyage to sea, and perhaps I may never see Min again." Mr. Halls said, he knew what the feelings at wumeu in her station were upon suck occasions, and the paw obroker A find her ring if pussii,le, ur give her another ut equal value ut till evens. Mrs. Junes went away with the defendant, but soon re turned, and stated, that he refused to give her any other than the one he had before utered. The wm thy magistrate mediately gave nu order spun the paw übruker to pay her the full salute of her tie; ill money. UN 101 HALL. . . . About seem) weeks;;;o, — ,7l —T SCI%4IIIf girl, named Bar b:art 'Forrester, left a situation in a lilch she h..d lieen in the mid ate proceeding over lilac kfriaisaliridge, with her clothes and money tied up in a boodle, a hen she saw a woman, of a decent appearanct-, stoop to the ground and take op something. Toe %uutaut t ai up in tier, and skewed her the Hog, and said she %soukd disole the property with her.—Tlic servant girl accepted roc ; they stalked toge ther an Flirt sired, and having reached a j. welter's shop, the tinder of the ring put it into the hand of the servant girl, and (leaned het nt go lido the shop and tisk this price of it, addiinz, " L -use ti.c clothes wit flue w holey oil gut iii , they are not half the value or that ping?' Tile poor girl did so, but soon learned that the ring as as liruss, and tt l ion running out for her b Ile, timid that the ling lindcr had decamped with it. Oa Friday last as the servant a its passing tlirmii,ll the Borough, she sass the thief in company a its a sailor and charged her a ilk !lie rolthery. The sailor protested the thief, aho easily escaped down one of the au irluw 1:111.•ry An °raker, a ho nits passiag, took the sailor into custody.— The estlor etas [nought below the inaAvaiate; a his pockets acre found duplicates which he admitted be had gut (tom the noman wlot was licensed of the ohbery. but denied that he hail tiny acquaintance a its her. The sailor's Capt AM gave I • /111 excellent character. 111 r. Chatitheis declared, as it was evident that the sidlor had acted with imptup,iety, he should not gut r, it tioat tiny ing the poor gift thiity sbillinrs, ;is S.I1111• teparatioit for her lass. The Captain became responsible tor the sum, to the event of nut Gliding the thief. SHIP NI WS. llASTlNGs,Nov.4.—Metanekofy Shipwreck —Duri ng the gait of yesteithiy, the Damso gellwt Puling -Murtha, I rum Boulogne to Bourdeaux in ballast, came on slime between Hastings and Bye harbour, near the Monello Tower, No. 33, and very soon became a complete wreck. —As the gale increased, with a very heavy surf, it was with the utmost difficulty that a boat could be gut off to the assistance of this vessel; three ollicers of the coast blockade, however, made the attempt, in a six oared galley; but before they could launch ttwir boat from the beach, they observed one of the crew of the galliot snug gling with the waves, and \l r. Uiake, admiralty mid shipman, immediately swain oil to his assistance, carry ing with hiin rope, the extremity of which was held by Mr. Williston, who was tip to his neck in the sort; and although the sea was very high, Mr. Drake sue ceded in reaching the unforumaie man, WIIO was nearly exhausted, and security; the rope round his batty, he was recovered rlOlll the devom tog element. Titers still remained clinging to the wreck the master, three of the crew, two women, and three children, all of whom could be distinctly seen front the beach. Every exertion was made by Nlessrs. Drake, Barnett, and Barniston, midshipmen, and a party of seamen, to get a boat off to their assistance; and they succeeded in reaching almost within half of the w reek ; hot, imforiunately they were driven to leeward a heavy sea acid 'ode, and being obliged to make for the shore, their mat was upset, sod they were obliged to swim for their lives. This did not, however, deter them from making a second attempt, for hauling their boakalong snore to windward of the wreck. they launched her again, but they had scarcely Kos through the surf when the boat skipped a very heavy sea, and was upset, and, five seamen. comprising the crew, those brave men were nearly sacrificed to their humanity, Hug obliged to swim through a dreadful suer to reach the shore. '('he scene winch hollowed was distressing in the ltiOtest degree; the wizen mast was carried away, sweeping into the sea two women with three children, and two of the crew, they were seen fur a short time struggling with the waves, but soon sunk to rise no more. Two of the crew still remained on the wreck, and were seen on the foremast, to which it is supposed they had lashed themselves, but as the gale in creased, accompanied with a trentendous.sea, every at tempt to get to them proved in vain These poor fellows remained in this situation for several hours, but the foremast being carried away at eleven P. m. they must have been precipitated into the deep. The bodies o: two women, two children, and one man save been picked up. The following advertisement is literally copied from a New Jersey paper:—" To be sold, on the Sth of July, 131 suits at ksv, the property of an eminent attorney, about to retire front business.— Note.tlie client. axe rich and obstinate. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. SINGULAR BEQUEST.—Died, in Tralee, Ireland, ou the lfith ult., aged 75, after a protracted illness, Jerry Sullivan, leaving property to the amount of 20,0001., which he bequeathed to the inhabitants of Tralee, to be added to the sums already subscribed by them for the purpose of making a fund to defray the expellees of a latt-suit, about to he carried on in the ensuing term, against the Homy family, to open the borough of that town ; and the overplos, if any, to hum the commence ment of a sinking fund, to secure the future imlepcn deuce of the borough, by defraying the expences of the popular candidate at any future contested election, and thereby enco uraging talents and ilid,•pendence in the cottony ; and in case the inhabitants should decline pro secuting stick suit, then die said 1 , , he applied in sup:uort of the dillereitt public instiutitions of the town, to be distributed as the Grand Jury shall think fit. The history of this moo's life is as extraordinary as his be fittest :—ln the early trot of his career lie %%AS for many years au atiorney's•clerk, in which situation, by perse vering industry and rigid economy, he amassed a consi dt rattle sum of money, still, considering himself independent, lie resolved to become a Mall Of hilSilleSS; he did net hesitate long in making a choice—he com menced the trade of a stockbroker, or " advattta_eotts motley lender," and in a few years his success our n his most Sanguine expectations. At his death he had liens on the estates of several of the grandees in it a neighbour hood. Far the last '.!“ years he was the " Collective Wisdom" of the " IVestern Lisquire;" his house was, at times, the resort of ail the knowing ones, and, as he had no family, their inteninal oneies were not interrupted by any apprehensimis of a curtaiii lecture, or any anxiety for an oil:sitting, whose provisions those revels might lessen. Nis tosTose —Oat Friday week the election for the Mayor tat Malulstmee, for the ensiling vat., was held in • the Court Hall, and C. Stacey and CL Burgess, Estes. were nominated by the B,nch of Jura's, for the election of one of them by the freemen. The party opposed to the Corporation demanded a poll on behalf of Mr. (largess, on the principle of rejecting the rotation, in consequence of the same system having been pursued by the Tory party, to the exclusion of the elder members of the lower bench front a participatioa in the honours of the Corporation, merely because they differed from them in polities. Atter alHmt two hours polling, Mr. Burgess was elected by a very considerable majority. When he bad taken his seat, and the customary oaths, a vote of thanka was propoied to the late Mayor, I'm his conduct doling his Nlayoralty, and the following amendment was moved :—" That this Court, viewing with just in dignation the unconstitutional and intemperate conduct of the late chief magistrate. John Wise, Esq. in calling mit the military on the eveniug of the 20th November last, last, a measure calculated to - disturb the race - , - irritate the minds, and endanger the lives and property of the iohabitatits of the town, which it was his duty to guard I over and protect ; do calmly and dispassionately censure his conduct, which has brought the office into disrepute, and entailed a lasting stigma on the Corporation ; and which censure they direct, to he enrolled in the bou:ks of the Corporation, as a memorial to future ina,gisto ales, to avoid such intemperate and disgraceful acts." The amendment being read from the Bench to a crowded Hall, and a show of hands taken, the Mayor, after con saltisgg with his treihren,tkclared, that he could not decide either one way or the miter, and refused to count the numbers, although manifestly in favour of the amend • ment ; he then retired amidst much disapprobation. The vote of illallks coosequently fell to the wound. DEATH OF A MtsEE.---Do Wednesday afternoon an inquisition was taken at the sign of the Northumberland Arms, corner of Charlbtte-street and Goodge-stree:, Tottenham-court-road, MI :he body of \l r. Wm. Har rison, aged Sb years. The Jury being sworn, proceeded to wk.: a view of the body, which lay in the room on the attic story of the house, Ni,. 8, Bennett-street, Rath bone place, where the deceased had lived for upwards of twenty-years. The room presented a st wretched appearance; the furniture consisted of one old chair, a table, a trunk or two, an old stump bedstead, and a bed of straw, mu which the deceased had laitl ; ill one curlier was a heap of ashes, and the cupboard co unlined a few volume peelings and a stale roll. The body of the de. ceased, which lay in a coffin, presented a most shocking spectacle. being a pictme of the extrel/ICSt misery and sweat too, although he had no family, and had property in the funds to the amount of 15001. The Jury having returned, the following evidence was then taken :—Mrs. Ann Gordon deposed, that she was housekeeper to Mrs. Catherine Saha Paul, of the Vicarage-house, at Putney. She knew the deceased, and was in the habit of calling on him when she came to town. lie posse-sed coosi clera:de property, although he lived in the greatest obscurity, and would let nu person but winless voter Iris room, the door of which he always kept padlocked inside. The house in which he lived was his own freehold.— Mary Frow the niece of the deceased, deposed that her uncle, for the last eleven years, wet cr took off hi s clothes, in which he carried large sinus of motley sewed op in different parts of his garmetits. He for due last tour years Was quite childish, and Ciller admitted any person lint the last witness into bus room. On the night promos to his death he sent fur one oyster, half a punt of beer, and a pennyworth of figs, which he eat, and aler Miami/ the po r ter laid t du-cut on the straw, where he was found dead. 'ilie . Crsomer briefly uuunuevl op the eta (Name, and the dory, atter a short delitsesation, returned e ver lict, that the deceased died by the Visitation of God. An Irish colonel of dragoons, revious to a trial in which he was the defendant, was informed by his Counsel, that if there were any of the Jury to whom he had any personal objections, he might legally challenge them. " Faith, so I will," replied the son of Mars ; " if they do not bring we off hand somely, I will challenge every man of them." A young lady, a pupil of Mr. Young, the actor, is soon to snake her appearance at Covent Garden Theatre. BOXING. 359 Events have so often come off wrong of late, in the sporting circles, that the cognoscenti have began to get awake to certainties ; but in the present in stance they were all of one opinion, and takers of 4,5, and even 6 to 1 could not be thund, Oliver was so great a favourite, against W. Abbott. The match was made at the moment when the List fight was over. Ned Brown, stuttering with the merit of the Tuscan grape, having challenged that Abbott should light Josh. Hudson for 101. but Josh. think ing that it was fun, said, and that truly, that he had a match in hand, and as it was for a good stake, in six weeks, with the Suffolk champion, he had no leisure time upon his hands, but Abbott might be acconumatted as :tion as he liked after that was ofl: Oliver leaving Hampton vilLige next had a challenger, but he had rather cross the water to the Hurst, and have a turn for a goe of blue ruin, than fight for 101• but, badgered into it, a friend staked two guineas aside, to 1.);.t made ten each, to fight on that day week. The ring was 24 feet, and the st em& were Tom Jones and Scroggins for Abbott, and Ben Burn and Gibbons tin. Oliver. As we hay betiee stated, the certainty was so great, that it was useless oKring odds at any price, Oiiver being more than a stone over his adversary in weight, and more in length in proportion. TOIL BA 171. E. Bound 1. Abbott hit short, and Oliver placed a right handed blow mato the eye, which gave it a crimson hue, and Abbott was thrown in a close. ()dialog olds was useless. sh Abbott missed a goo.' tight handed hit, and after closing both were down. 3. Oliver placed a bonly blow, although not very effective.— The men riled each other to the ropes, when much hugging and pulley hauley took place. and both went down. 4. Oliver hit Ms adversary in the throat, ;mil threw hint. • A gallant lighting round, and JOUR: exchanges at hitting, in favour of Oliver, who threw his adversary. Them were no takers of odds. 6th and ith rounds Oliver threw his adversary from the close. 8. A good linight round, Abbott making the play. He was parried, and hit heavy in return, and a courageous rally followed. wben Abbott drew first blood from Oliver a mouth, but he was thrown. 9. A good roam!, with exchanges of blows in favour of Oliver, who drew blood in return from his adversary's nose, but both were unmettled by first work. Abbott placed a good right handed blow on the head, at the close of the round, but he was again thrown. The next six rounds Oliver had so decided an advantage in hitting, Oast guy (Kith were begging, hut yet Oliver's blows made no visible elli-et. Abbott was thrown in every round. 16. Oliver had bOlllllOl th, best °r ails round, that a sovereign was begging for halt a bull (dab a crown.) 17 and lii In the last of the e rounds, Abbott was reduced to a stand still; and when in tried every manoeuvre for a resting place, but Oliver held him up, and weaved ut him until he was tired tea. . The next four mends were fought in distress, and produced nothin.• to remark upon. Both men were bleeding freely. 211. 1 hi. productal the first clean knock down blow from Oliver in the throat, utter a good rally. .241. Oitva received a heavy right handed hit on the ear, and lie returned 1.11;: rye upon the eye, and both went down. 21 and X 6. Ablaut seemed very tired of his match, and tried to get down as soon as he could, laird Oliver was too much ex hausted to hurt his adversary. 27. Oliver had a most decided advantage, and in a dm Abbott strived to get one knee on the groUnd, and Oliver hausted himself with punishing hint. Apbott went down from weakness, and in the 29th he got a crack on the head, which groggitied hint, and made Min drop it on cis second's shoulder. A guinea to a shilling was in sum offered upon Oliver. 29. Abbott made around to get down. its. Oliver math: the play, and over exaausted he was knocked down. Even betting. IR. Oliver made the play. but he received a heavy right handed blow wider the ear, where Neale had made it so tower, and he was beat out of time. It was a heavy t,low, and Abbott was cheered out of the ring as tlie winner. Oliver was the worst beat. It lasted 163 minutes. REMARKS. Oliver is gene by his day ; nature has convinced him of it against his own strong opinion, and he never should attemp to fight again. He has been bit to pieces, as it were, by men above his weight, and although fight has bJen so often taken ont of him, he never was properly convinced. of his inabi lity until now. Abbott is much under Oliver's weight and length, and two or three of his acts in the tight were-nut manly; but, to be charitable in interpreting, tier arc times when distress deprives a man of self-acting Ile is a tolerably good tighter, with much resolution, but to be beat by men mulct. his weight. • Some skirmishing for trifles, quite uninteresting to our spurting readers, hdlowed, to keep the_gatue alive. The Eastern Division of the Be:l,s Yeomanry dined together at the Town Hall, Maidenhead, on Friday last. On this occasion, we arc told that the corps was complimented uith a present of 501. from a high personage, us uo acknowledgment of the exemplary manner in which they discharged the garrison duty at Windsor, during the temporary withdrawing of the regular troops to attend the Co ronation. Upwards ut 100 sot down to dinner, and the evening was spent in the greatest conviviality. A Remarkable Occurrence.—On Tuesday last t beautiful little birds, Kim:46llas, were caught in the neighbourhood of Alrestord by a boy, who, it appears, secured them in the Oct of and while they were so intent on their engagement, that they did nut pt;reeive his approa.u. ,