The National Register. — London, England, 1818-01-04 00:00:00

3AN. 4. • • 6 0;3 4 to collect 700. 0001 - which belonged to young - - - C. from several bankers in Germany. and return with it so expeditiously, that he should not be absent more than six weeks. The secretary accordingly took his leave, and remained in Lon don, n otwithstanding a person sub,equently declared that he had gone t o Dover to embark, but with an irregular passport, so that h e was sent for to town again by the Alien office—a declaration which on inquiry at the Alien anise, proved not to be true. Such is the baneful influ,..nce of delusion, that few can resist the contagion of misrepresentation when veracity is to manifest their error. At length, on the Sd of December, Mr. W., who had been too ouch occupied to attend the first summons on the 30th of Novem ber a rrived, and the letter was put into his hands, which announced the necessity of his client's inunettate removal. Some conversation ensued at the instigation of a person present, which on Mr. W.'s own denial of propositions attributed to him by young C., established Kill more clearly the fact of his being a lunatic or an impostor, and Mr. W. was expressly requested to make that statement to the father, with delicacy but candour, that he might take suitable measures to prevent further mischief being hazarded to the detriment of the young man. his family, and society. Mr. W., young C., and the father (who had come with Mr. W., but who had not been present at the conference, as it was wished to Rare him the pain of such an interview), withdrew from the beaus, and Mr. W. soon afterwards acquainted the family that young C. would. not return, but would leave town that night, which lie did in a post chaise and four (the chaise he took away without the consent of the owner,) accompanied by . the German secretary and groom. So many circumstances having transpired which gave cause to suspect that the whole story of young C. was an invention, sustained by a &brie of falsehoods and disingenuous acts, every person whom he had named in the course of 1113 narration as a banker, agent, &c. was applied to for information, and all disowned knowledge of him, except from public report or school-boy connexion ; every fact af firmed by him was examined, and not one was authenticated which related to money transactions. One very respectable person affirmed, that he had seen a remit tance to young C. from Spain amounting to 350,0001., a draft of frightful amount from Liverpool, and that he knew he possessed two millions in the funds ; nay, that a banker, within a few doors of him, bad but the day before said he would have paid his bill for 100,0001. if it had been presented, instead of the 3001. bill which was cashed. Other persons had heard a respectable solicitor declare, he knew young C. had great estates in Scotland, from which 45,0001. had been ; received that he had many diamonds at Bundle and Bridge's, and altogether 700,0001. per annum. :tellers, that he meant to buy an estate, and pay 500,0001. for it in gold, and some offered large beta he would be in possession of Houghton by the Ist of January, others cited noble men and gentlemen of the greatst accuracy, who bad known the old man at Shrewsbury, and who had heard it said at the time, " that he would cut up, when dead, foe more money than any man in the empire:" others, that they had known those who had dealt in diamonds with hint, and almost every one professed to have an authority which justified original and still unshaken belief. Even those to whom property purchased by young C., but not paid for, had been returned, seemed to think an injury mote than a ser vice was likely to be done them by the restitution, and no statement of detected falsehood could counteract or weaken the infatuation. Of the onginal 1,1001. advanced by the relative, young C. had drawn out all but 101. by London and Newmarket checks; but he has left several hundred pounds to he paid by his family. There is indeed a report, that the relative alluded to had previously advanced 6001. but this report wants confirmation. At all events. it is certain that this young man spent above 1,6001. in two months, without being at any expense for house, equipage, &c. But though this sum was large for one whose previous expenditure had been so very limit ed, still it is of sufficient magnitude to justify the supposition that his objects were merely pecuniary. If they were, lie had not time to mature his designs and adventure on their consummation. But whatever might have been his motives, however diveringly false parts of his history may be, andniany anecdotes areomitted, for they re (mired the actor to give them an air of credibility ; still this young man if he really possesses 116 faculties unimpaired, in making his family the sport of his fictions and the victims of his fraud, in deliberately con verting the father's tears of gratitude and joy into the brine of disap pointment, sorrow, and shame, has evinced a want of principle and callousness of heart, which almost extinguishes the hope of reforma tion, and a laudable use of those talents which he undoubtedly pos sesses. P. S.—The Fortunate Youth, on arriving at Paris, in conformity with his system to patronize his relations, engaged one whom he bnew to be established there as his travelling physician into Spain, 'vice Dr. li. cashiered in London. This gentleman was, however, so startled at the amount of the salary proposed, that he requested to make the arrangement with the youths father, and obtained have to come to England for that purpose, where he arrived a few days since. EiTlAOsinesiAllY SENTENCE.—GuEItirstY COUZT ROYAL, D tc. 6.—Margaret Mackenzie, of the town and parish of St. Pierre Port, a prisoner in the public gaol, was brought up before the Court to receive sentence. The crime of which she was convicted was, that she did feloniously kill a male infant, which the said Margaret Az hcnzie was delivered of between the hours of 9 o'clock on the even leg of the 16th October, and of 9 o'clock in the morning of the 17th October, iBl7, in the house of John Jeremie, E9(l. where the said Mackenzie lived as a servant, in the town of St. Peter's Port, the said Mackenzie having concealed her pregnancy. This day at 1Y o'clock, the sentence passed upon her was put in execution in the following manner :-.—The prisoner was conducted from the prison to the court. house, between the halberdiers, and in one of the lower rooms she was stripped barefoot, and cloathed in a white shift made for the occasion : she was bare headed, and from that room she was led up Stairs to the door of the court, where she received from the hangman re.recuteur des hanks aware.) a lighted candle, weighing two pounds, and two feet long, made expressly for the purpose. Thus equipped, she presented herself at the bar of the eourt ; and falling on her knees, she askal pardon for her crimes, in these words:—" I ask pardon of God, the King, and of justice !" An immene crowd of people were present, who came fsoin all parts of Gnernsey to witness se novel a spectacle. BA ILL% au s M till DE IL—Aboul noon on Thursday last. the body of a man was discovered, throuAh the pillucidness of the water, ly ing at the bottom of the river idden, on the east side of the race ground, near this city. Assistance being procured, the body was brought to the surface ; when it presented a shocking spectacle of brutal treatment. The corpse was very indifferently apparelled, and the clothes were muclitorn aesl discomposed, as if in consequence of a very violent souffle. The head exhibited a number of deadly wounds, which had apparently been given with a hatchet or some other sharp instrument, with great force, as one of the blows had cloven the skull in two; considerable marks of violence were also apparent on the head close to the ears, and his nose was completely e r . a • tr94 ., a r of t k.! :so ly V/ II 10.1 11, the tr.eck of a horse's feet and wheels of a cart were plainly made out from the Swifts low gate to the upper gate, where the cart seems to have turned back and proceeded in the direction in which it came. It would appear, that the body had been conveyed across the ground to the river and thrown in. It is proper to state here, that about 4 o'clock on Wednesday morning last., the rumbling of a horse and cart was 'heard by persons living in the range of buildings Is Avreen Rickergate and the Swifts; at which time, it is extremely probable, the crud miscreants were about disposing of the mangled remains si their victim. A Coroner's inquest was held the nett day before lei Mullender. Esq. when the jury, without hesitation, brought in a verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown. The deceased was a man of about 30 years of age, of robust make, a'..wout five feet seven or eight inches high, had dark hair, and pos sessed the appearance and garb of a cattle driver front Irelan -- Every exertion has been made by the Clerk of the i'etee and t- .: Coroner to discover sonic due to this s h ocking and hitherto myste rious transaction, but without effect. We Quit, 1101Vercr, Wsil no be tel Journal, /WE NATIONAL REGISTER, AGRICULTURE. MONTULY REPORT FOR DRCEMBEIL—The frost towards the Hoeft of this umnth, has proved beneficial to the young wheats, by checking their luxurianey on freesgrowing land•, And preventing the fat ther increase• of the slug, which in many parts had been found destrurtiveio the forwafil plants. The wheats too hastily harveited begin to handle better s but the general produce is now ascertained, by Use diminished number of stacks, to he muck less than was expected.—The barleys afford good malting samples, but in few districts, so that the malsters are reluctant bnyers.—Oats ;generally exceed an average crop, and the same may be said of all kinds of pease ; but beans are yielding out a slight prodece —Clover seeds rises so badly, that unless considerable lot poi tatsmei are obtained from Holland, it is likely to be %rarer and dearer.—Hay is rising in value. The turnip . countries continued full of feed.-1 new Scotch turnip, of the yellow kind, is of susacchai isle a qualityas • to be preferred even to the Swede by some ot• the Norfolk graziers. —Winter tares hay,' missed plant, pretty generally, from the long drolielat that succeeded 'their sowing.—Rye looks promising for plenty of early feed. —The meat markets have had a start for beef and/ mutton, the latter reaching 55.6 d. per stone I [muse lamb and veal also fetch more money.—The price of' lean stock is held up both in sheep and beasts ; good working horses and cart colts are dearer.—The wool market is brisk, at an advance on last month's prices. HURRICANE IN THE WEST INDIES. The following letter on this lamentable occasion was ad. dressed by the Colonial Secretaay of St. Lucie to the Go. vernor of Barbadocs " ST. LUCIE, Oct 23, 1817. " MY Loan.—His Excellency Major General Seymour being unable to address your Lordship, in consequence of the very serious injury he received during the hurricane of the 21st instant (and I sin sorry to add very little hop,. are entertained of his recovery.) of which his Excellency has directed me to give your Lordship the particulars, and earnestly to entreat your Lonlship's assistance and support towards ameliorating the situation of the unfortunate inha bitants of this island, not one of whom but has suffered severely thereby. " Scarcely a dwelling or negro house is left standing; the mills and outbuildings either unroofed or razed to the ground ; nearly the whole crop of canes torn up by the roots, and the face of the island, which was luxuriant on the 20th, now bears the appearance of an European winter. " The town of Castrees is nearly in ruins, and the vessels, about twelve sail, are on shore, not one of which is expected to be saved. The whole of the buildings of Morne Fortnnee, and Pigeon island, were blown down, with the exception of the magazine and tanks. " His Excellency and family were taken from under the ruins of his residence (the Commandant's quarters), whet he remained in the hope that it would have resisted the gale, but he has unfortunately suffered for his imprudence. " I have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lord_ ship's most obe. dient servant, " I. R. BAINES. Colonial Secretary. P.S. Since writing the above, I am sorry to acquaint your lord ship, that great fears are entertained that General Seymour cannot pass 48 hours." We understand Major Burdett and family are killed. •• Accounts have at length reached us from Dominica, whence every vessel was driven to sea by the late hurricanes, and they had not returned when the Robert mail boat, that arrived here on Sun day, left that island. The interior of the country hail likewise suf fered so materially, that unless supplied from other settlements, the dread of famine appears to be entertained. " Capt. Elliott, of his Majesty's ship Scamander. was making every exertion with his boats, and those of his Majesty's ship Chil ders. to relieve the vessels on shore in Carlisle Bay. ST. KITTS.--.SHIPS LOST. " At Barbadocs—Crown Prince, Grayharr ; Express. ---; in all 18 sail on shore; 5 arc got since. chiefly American and island vessels " At St. Lucie—The Lady Jane Ellice. " A French frigate, armed en flute, with troops on board, foun dered in Fort Royal Bay, Martinique ; every soul perished. " The Sprightly (mail boat), Adams, missing ; she sailed from Dominica for Barbsuloes on the evening of the 20th. " ('ol. Brown, of the 6th West Intim regiment, left St. Vincent's about the 18th Oct. for Antigua, and had not arrived on the nth Nov." INGtrEsz.—Monday an inquest was held at the Horns in Shore ditch, on the body of of W. Williams, who died in the cellar of a cottage in Margaret's-fields. It appeared that the deceased had been in the habit of selling penny pamphlets about the streets, and had obtainod permission of the occupier of the cottage to sleep in the cellar, as he cowld not pay for a lodging. On Christen •s Day his landlord gave him his dinner, and on Saturday morning he was found dead is the cellar, on a bedstead, without any bisitling. A certificate was read to the jury from a Surgeon, who examined the body ; that there was no marks of violence on it, or any thing indi. cause of his having died from cold or hanger. Verdict—Died a natural death. Upwards of 60 vessels are employed in herring fishing at Ports mouth. On Tnesday nearly 2000 bushels were landed. They not only furnish cheap food to the whole neighbouring poor, but give employment to a number of persons in curing them. FlRE.—Monday morning a tire broke out in the Arsenal, in Woolwich Marren, which did considerable damage before it was got under and threatened the entire destruction of the place. SUDDEN DEATH.—On Saturday week, as Mrs. Simons of Hare street, Bethnal-green, was eating her lunch, in apparent good health, she fell back in her chair, and instantly expired. An inquest was held on the body, and a verdict returned of—Died by the visitation of God. A gentleman who had a ticket for an inside seat in the mail. coach from Edinburgh to Glasgow, in August, 1815, took with him an ordinary travelling portmanteau, which the per_ sons at the mail coach refused to carry forward, saying there vies not room for it. In consequence of this he took a post chaise, and raised an action before the Justices for payment of the expence, which they found him entitled to with the ex pence of process. The Justices fonnd that the passenger was entitled to have his Intmage conveyed with himself- The erection of two more pentagons in the Penitentiary at Millbank has commenced, and it is expected they will be I iimpleted for the reception of prisoners in the course of a few months. The Austrian Government have sent some experienced and scientific engineers to minutely survey the Adriatic and ad jacent coasts. It is computed that upwards of 60cwt. of tnrkeys were con- signed to London dttring the Christmas ne ck, from Norfolk and Suffolk; more than Viewt. linving been entered at the bookkeepers' offices at Norwich, previous to the Wednesday fretting, A letter af the 20th December, from Plymouth, says, that a Gentleman who has a relation on board the In dian, states, that she got to the westward' Were the date of the late necks at Ituecoff. POLICE. -a- BOW-STREET. Tuesday an investigation toqk pace before Mr. Birnie re. specting the ilisturbaucen in Nlnt)-I.• shorme, ticniarly in the neighbourhood of the barracks belonging to the Life- Gum d.. Mr. Pyall, a constable, attended at the office with his head bound up, in consequence of the wounds and braises he had received from several of the Life-guardsmen on isturday night. He stated, that about 10 or I I o'clork on Saturday night, as he was passing down Adam-street, he observed a Life~ guardsman lunch intoxicated, and making a treat disturbance ; he saw two others perfectly sober a short distance from him, and advised therm to conduct their intoxicated comrade to the barracks, which they agreed to. He fiillowed them a few yards into the barracks-yard, and there met corporal Dar es, WllOlll he ibformed of what had happened ; on his return front the barrack-yard a number of Life-guardsmen, to the iinniber of 10 or 12, and armed with bludgeons, met him ; none of them spoke, brit he was knocked down by several blows on his head t he defended himself in the best manner he could from an attack by such a number of men, gave one of thent a severe blow with Iris metal staff; and of the man who struck him first, he had contrived to pick up the cap, which be con cealed tinder his coat. His head was cut ill three places, and be was so much wounded and bruised in different parts of the body, that lie could not move his arms till Monday.— He suspected the Men who attacked him to be those who had been in custody at Marlborough -street office on Saturday on charge of being ringleaders in the disturbances which had taken place on Friday evening in Mary•le-boune. The Ma gistrate offered him a warrant against any of the parties, but he declined commencing any proceedings till this day, when some (tithe principal Gentlemen of the parish were to hays a meeting upon the bitsiness, and he expected that they would take up the attack upon him in a serious manlier. On an investigation on Monday respecting a deserter nom the 40th regiment, the sergeant said he had received orders within these few days not to enlist any more Irishmen, on ac count of their boil* so much [deserting], M ARLBOROUGH-STREET. A NoveL CAM—A Mr. Brown applied to the Magistrate on behalf of a poor girl 12 years old, whose sex was discovered in the person of a sweep, Mr. Brown had sent to Westwood, a sweep of St. Pancras, to have his chimney swept. The sweep ascended the chimney habited as a boy and having performed the job, told Mr. Brown. lie never had Ids chimney swept so well by such another sweep. She discovered her sex,and stated that her uncle hail tnrned her out of doors to look for work, and she had engaged herself to a sweep rather than be chid, as she could get no other work. Oil the some day, Mary. Andrew, a woman who cohabits with Thomas Westwood, was brought up to Hatton_garden Office along with her daughter, a.girl, 13 years of age, by the beadle, who stated, that the woman had for s ev era l years past dressed the girl in boy's elotims, and sent lier.out with the boys to sweep chimneys, and that she used to sleep on the sacks in the cellar, The mother was questioned what could induce her to treat her child in so unnatural a manner, when she answered the Magistrate in a very impertinent manner, he severely reprimanded her,and ordered the beadle to take the child home, and see that she was properly cleaned from the soot, and clothed in the dress belonging to her sex. UN lON-HALL. OUTRAGB AND ASSAULT.—Tuesday, Mrs. Lesley, of the Black Lion, in Mint-street, the person who on Monday ap peared as complainant against the parties concerned in the riot of Saturday ve'nnight, was brought before the Magistrate by Goff, the officer, charged with having attempted the mur der of Mr. Thomas Davies. In the proceedings which had previously taken place before the also,' ate, relative In the outrage of Saturday week, Mrs. Leaks described het self as the landlady of the house. It appeared by the evidence ad diced on Tuesday, that she cohabited with Mill'homas Davies, who was in fart the landloid of the Black Lion.— After theit are is al at tunic int Montle) from the proceedings at this office, Mrs. Lesley abused Mr. Davies fur not having sworn more positively to the prisoners lil4ll he had dune.— Davies recriminated, and averred that she was the principal cause of the distorbauce, and in6nnt d flan she should im mediately quit the house, and give place to one more worthy of the situation. Exasperated at the dismissal, she• vowed vengeance, and swore that it she quitted the house she would not leave lla,vies alive in it. She aimed herself with a Mace of loaded pistols, and followed hint from one room to another, until he escaped her Cory by a preeipitate retreat 'blotto:lt one of the windows. lie procured the assistance of Golf the officer, and returned to the house. Mrs. Lesley was turn no where to or found. Alter a diligent search they discovered her in a cramp posture secreted in an old chest. Mr. Ser egant Sellout ordered that she should be committed mail she • could find bail. SINGULAR WJLL.—A few days since an eccentric character named Smith, who lived at Pancras, and who had been in a declining state of health, called for a pen, ink, and paper, to make his will. As he was in k cry indigent cirsuoistances, the poor woman in whose house he lodged was not a hille sem prised at this /chilliest. She, however, humoured him, and he. wrote that which he called his will ms a sheet of paper, which he placed under his pillow, and desired it might not he opened until he was dead and cold : his order was :attended to. lie died un Wednesday week, and on Thursday mot nor; his will was opened in the presence of two or three twit:lll,4lms, ‘i its contents were frotnd to be a simple bequest of los b o dy to celebrated anatomist, in order to &lye funeral expellees and unnecessary trouble. His other effects. which a ere Merely weariu apparel, lIP left lIIR landlady. Mit withmanding this unusual legacy, it is intended - to give the holly decent burial. The remains of Mr. Sutton Cochrane, who was milortu. nately killed in a duel %%Mk M jot Luekyer, were interred at Cowes, un Tuesday se'hedghl. It is said this lamented Gentleman was a son of Mr. Masil Cochrane. The principal pa' ties iii the duel are still at large. The following paragraph, taken from Prince Leopold's answer to the Berkshire Address of Condolence, contains a clear expression of his &ICU , " Highness'« purpose to make England his comfit.% nfp,rmancnt re.uts nee : •• tsn nouccasion has the general sympathy and feeling, for his 'misfortunes been wore affectionately manifested than in tile condo lence he has now to acknowledge; he is anxious to record it with those innumerable and unquestionable proms of generous affection an d adeep sorrow, with which the euttutty hate cheered and sup ported lain, under his I,wn. awful and atlixted sufferings ; to meet their assurances with his own, that his test thoug, is and pr a y ers , his most fervent and unceasing vsislics, will ever be for their welfare and prosperity and to acknowledge it his pride, as it is his first remaining luippiacss a that his destiny for ever touted to the British nation."