The National Register. — London, England, 1817-07-28 00:00:00

stmy es. 1) MKS: OF NORTHMIIPAIL IND'S F7,INLRAL. FURTHiIt rARTICULARS. At an early hour on Seinerlav se'nnight the preparations for conve)ing the iemains of the late Duke from Nortlitimber. laud Hothe to Westminster Abbey were completed. All the dootcotieg appeared is new mourning. The sit beadles ot St. Martin's parish, iii their coats and hats ofoftice, with silk hat bands, and poles covered with black, similar to mutes, attended on the outside of the great gates soon after nine o'clock. The bell of St. Martin's church tolled during the morning. Those who were to follow as mourners began to arrive about half-past ten o'clock. About twelve the hearse. and six Vantifol black horses, ornamented with plumes of feathers (tile hearse decorated with handsome escutcheons), drove into the court yard. At half part twelve the,prolve.ssioil 1 began to move towards Westminster Abbey, precett-d by Mr. Lee, the Ingli constable for Wt stniinster.--The funeral ex tiled 4, cut interest, and the neighbourhood of Charing Cros , was throuvtl with carriages, and genteel pedestrians. OR DFR OF PROCESiION. right bannerols, earri , Al by horsemen. norieman uncovered, bearing a ducal coronet on a crimson velvet cushion. led by two periona ituuoveretl on foot. Standard of Great dritain, borne by a wan on horseback. Guidon. Two I lorbemen. Large banner of the family arm , and quarterings, sii feet square, borne uy a horseman. Horsemen. liel,net and crest. Hurl man. Taiga and sword. Horsemen. Surtvat. Honicium. TtlE BODY,' In hearie, full dressed. The inside cof was lined with rich white satin, and the dress of the same, trilira,tl wish tine point lace, &r. The outside ca .e made .of trat, covered with Tied crimson Genoa velvet, and finished in the nandsomest manner. wiei stars of the Order of the Gaiter, coronets, and every appropriate decoration. On the plate w_:e the anus and supporters, with the following inscription en graved:— " The Most High Puissant and Most Noble P tINCE HUGH PERCY. Duke and Earl of Northumbzrland, Earl and Baron Percy, Baron Luly Poynings, ritzpane, Bryan, Lati ,er., and Wp.rk wd:th, and Baronet, Lord Lieutenant and Custos Homlorum of the coun ty of NortinanWriand, and town of New,-sale-upon-Tyne, Vice Admiral of ta': same aid the rnariti.ne parts thcr,.of, and Knight of the most nod, Order of the Garter. Died on the 10th day of July, 1317, In the 7sth year of his s4c." More than forty h.Y.--;,:rnen attended the bannerols, banners, and einhlematiod devices. Mourning coach and sus, in winch were the Dean of Chich.ater and Archtliacon Putts. Mourning machined ei.c,iiu --- eriiieh%;;;;Lord James Hurray, the enti-i,l- . .aw of ILL, Grace, as chic: mourner. _ _ . Mourning coach and, six, in which serc Lord Lovaine, the Hon. Alwriion Percy. and ;11.? Hon. and Rev. Hugh Perry. llouiming coach furl six, in which w:rc the Hon. Jocelyn Percy, the Hou. l'ercy,•and Lord Gwydir. Mourning zoncli stnisix, in which were Lord Exmouth, Earl Pawls, and Captain fellow. Mourning conch and six, in which were Captain Prarciville, H. C. S.ilby, Esq. Vie Duke's secretary ; Thomas Stirling. Esq. coroner for Middlesex; soul the Duke's solicitor, Richard Esq. .Mourning coach and six, in which were Mortis, E J. Boyle. Esq. Plinate, Esq. and Mr. Matthews, comptroller of the Duke's house;iold. Mourning coach and six, in which were Mr. Ariquitil, Mr. Lambe, Mr. Robert Kest, surgeon to the Duke, and Mr. Lockl?r, hY apothecary. The Duke's carriage. Feta pa;,-et attended etch coach.—The following carrirass, which Ead been urrianged at Mr. Jarvis's, the undertaker's, in Long -acre, ciosed the preiciNsion (the servants wearing silk list-bands :m(1 iloves : —His Grace the late Duke's. and six horses ; the Dowager Duchess's and six horses ; the present Duke's, and six horses; Lord P:utilme's; Lord Junes Mt.rray's; Lord Beverley's; Earl of Ashburnhatres; Lerdl Gwydir's, and six horses; Marchioness of Exeter's; Mrs. Ben stet's; Capt. ir. Rennet's; Sir W. Gordon's • Earl Powis',.; Viscount (Ire's; Archbishop of Canterbury's.; Lord Exmouth's; Lord Es sex's; Right Ron. John M•MAion's; Mr. Nortl.ey's; Mr. Brog dea's; Mr. Hugh Ilium's; Sir Thomas Acland's; Mr. Wilson's; Martinis Cholmondelcy's, and six horse.; with several others. The procession passed on in regular order, and arrived a few minutes ;tiler Axle o'clock at the west door of 1% estmin. stem Abbey, where it was received by the Prebends and Gen tlemen of the Cathedral. 'I he thneral service was read by the Rev. 'fliaina. Edwards, the senior prebend. On the re mains being deposited in the vault, the choir Fsing Dr. Crotch's funeral anthem, " Man that is lmria of a woman." pie vault Nicholas's Chapel; it was boiltin triti fur the Duchess, the mother of the late. Duke, and her spouse was afterwards interred .there by her sidle, and after him Lady Iles erlcy The remain, of the Duke were deposited near his f.,ther nod mother. There are thirteen other coffins of different branches of the Coolly, which are sneiposed toils% e been removed there whim the vault was built—the oldest date is ;mi. The .proces.init btd a very Melina:rig amid grand appear ince. By the juilicions arrangement of the constables, the centre of the rec.:3 was kept quite clear. The peotest re gularity prevailed; mat es cry possitsle disorder which might othei wise have ensued, was effectually pi evented. Many of the shops were shut; the wintlo%3 Id the houses were filled ; the Abbey was excessively crowded with ladies and gentlemen, and many of the nobiliiy, among whom we notic ed Lad tirobvenor, Lord Grey, Lord Mantford, Xc. arc. Tt is now unficrsto(xl. that the Duke of Nortim:nber land died intestate Report -states that his Grace took the ()ession .d' the marriage of his eldest sun, Earl Percy to settle all his real and personabestatcs in trust (ell tier usos—so as to render all will unnuessary ; and which by no legacy or pro`Late duty will be paynbie on his immense peoperty. The particulars of this set tloment have not tranFpred. We only learn that the ).vltole of his personal estates in Yerkshire go to Lord Prudhoe. The remains of Sir William .Parsons, late Cliiet Magistrate of the Mariboro.q,li-street Klite .Office. were an Friday morning interred in t!:e.hurial grbten, of the Broadway Clripel, Westminster. The funern . was plain —the hearse being iidlowcil only bt• the timiii) carr••a„c .4Tlii one wvurttini;,coteh, • his 7 iss year. THE NATIONAL azetrrPß. MANOWN 110ViE,•4:11.31101.4 CA‘B.--A female of respect• able appearance was on IVednesiloy brought before the. Lord Mayor under the following circiiinstancA Oue of the porters of the Bank of England stated, that in the morning the female hail called at till cash Offiee, and in very PeremPtory terms demanded half of the stock of filOnt• deposited these! 'I he application was, °frowsy, dumbed at ; but the &rem, of her appearance served as a sort of foil to her incoherency. and under an i upresaion that she might hose stock iii the Boni she was suffered to enter some other of the odices. Here, leiwever, she renewed her claim upon the establishment for au equal dividend of the capital, and, in fad, became so troublesome, that it was found neecsaary to re mow her in custody. She was dressed in a fall ronnd cloak, wore a beaver hat, uul carried a bundle of clothes, which she vaistantly boast . d of as being clean. The Lard Mayor inquired who she was, and how she was induced to act in the manner described ity the porter. She retlised to give her name, or aity expl.m..' milvss allowed to du so in writing, which she said silo of he este•anore.— iiis Lordship then ordered her pen and ink, and she instant ly wrote as follows ; •• Distressed, forlorn, I ever were, ' (So this has been my daily fare, The truth itself I will dis...aver) Which made me for to go awry Far from my native home to stray. And still I am doomed to be a rover." The Lord \Layer emopilmeat..d lid poetic powers, but re ;owed her name and mace of Abode. With this requisition she woul i not comply, but wished to .imlogise for keeping the fact secret. " Woo are you?" again said his Lordship. •‘ My Lord," replied the woman." I am role of his Majesty's .I.stressed subjects. In my distress I thought to try the good is ill of the II oils of Fri.:land, -because I tholocht the firm strong. I did not attempt to raise money by forge. y ; but, after ad illy exertions, the Book Waded my, and I coal I nut presati.—. My object WAS to draw out an inilepeutlence, and go honie in deceney." The Lord Mayor ordered the poor womon to he taken care of fur a day or too, when flerhaps her friends origin heir of her retreat, or her own seuses might lie somewhat re. stored. Thursday, William Smith underwent an examination before the Lord May or, ctiarged with the lotion ing rubbery : It appeared that the prisoner entered the service of Mrs. Agnes Merry, who keeps a hoarding house iu Cheap Ade, iriont a mouth since, and having continued with her tight or tom days, suddenly anti:oll.lA. Soon ;Wee his depollute, it was discovered that a book rase in the drawing room hail been broken open, and a valnable geld snuff-box, a silver fruit ktitt'e, i gold coin of great antiquity, mid tither articles of the like description taken (het cfroi s. The primnicros Pin was taken on the fullowing day, did out deuy the charge, and was tally committed. Bow•SrnEET.—Wednesday afiernoott, at four o'clock, as the Earl of PortailllWton was going along Long Acre, two boys come op to hint, and Aaid they b,td jest seen a man pick his pocket. His 11.0111:11ip !limed tunnel, anti was jllnt in throe to see his haudkt•rchiet' (lisp front it fellow's hand, who int mediatey ran away ; the Noide Earl with great presence of mind pursued the fellow', and never lost sight of him until he w is stopped by Clerwlits, the St. Oiles's constable, who re cognized bins for all old offender, and lodged him in the watch !loose. In tee evening he nits brought up to Bow- Sireci, and underwent an examination before George Hicks, Esq. the Sitting Magistrate, when the charge being clearly pi ()bed, be was fully committed for trial. Another gentleman attended in the office, wbo was also robbed of his pocket-book, Containing 3 .1. nearly on the same 31101. 0,1 'Thursday, Richard Keen was bronglit to this office by Joseph Mann, one of the Police Officers of the city of Gloucester. charged with having committed a felony. It appeared, that the :orisoner, a few days since, was in the city of Gloucester, in a state of intoxication, and became I cry turbulent and unmanageable at an eating house, When lie confessed to having committed a robbery in Loudon. about twelve mouths sisice. On examining The hue and Cry, an advertisement was Nand describing the robbery he bad own. boned, and also a description of Ins person, and in conse quence he was brought to London. It seas proved that he had been servant to Mr. Win. Jones, nil apotheear, , in Little .Argyll-street, and on the 2titll July last, while his master was gone to die Opera, lie took tho opportunity of breaking op, it a desk, and absconding with flank notes to the amount of bib. and also with three watches and a gold ring, the iwoperty of Mr. Green, the occupier of another part oldie saute honac.— The prisoner was committed for trial Prova.TE Worstun was brought before R. Biruie, EN. the Sitting Magistrate, charged with keep. ing a priv ate still in Little Wlld Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields. He was convicted in the penalty of 301. which he not being able to pay, be was committed to the lions,. of Correction Ihr six months, epee:tidy to the Act of tlx gfhl of Geo. 111. cap -70. which is peremptory; the Magistrate, therefore, had not the power of mitigation. &vela' butchers sod green grocers.of Clare Market, were charged by the Par sit 011ieers of St. CI( lucid Dawes, untwr the Lord's Day Act, with following their lawthl callings on sundaes, which beinvaticiactoiily pi need, they were con victed in the penalties and costs.—'l'wo Jews, who reside in' Hairy ell Stiert, were convicted under the snow Act of Pat filament, for exposing clothes for sale on Sunday. They pleaded in their &wore, that they observed the Christian, lahhath after ten o'clock every Sunday, by taking in their clothes awl shutting tip their shops at that time, and thought they were allowed to Kt up open shop till that hour. M 411LBOROUGH-STREET.— and Savage. .the tut, oersans coneetaed unit Jtdaeb in the nefarious business al hauuung MA -es, acre fully committed tar a conspiracy tt, !errand Mr. Graham, the I,64t.iscr, :mil 'dials. Janes on% .nt brought up, as mas eat cited, tisOUi VillikeefOSPASlX: pTisoll. ANOTHER C (W. CHILO-TE %usu.—A • yanng Homan, calling herself lthada was dawn from .51ary ie-hanue 04.1 1111 l se, awl examined I,elare John Bureaus, charged andN the Child-Misting Art, aids feloniously: truing sway a male child, aged betwven live and six month., lie mut at-- Hmup.ica. a plitate in the tat .regiutent of Guards. tia Hanirdru, wired.. the. pritsenttor,deroseil, flint on o It, wt . April, ts r.lito:1111:: anti the eland it) Leo 1111 tract ea the nom Giniti*; the plisoUer Canic tip variety of , unieeng witness join in the .0 t et imitittp tbc rimer tvolkgarticulgs avtice ut We WWI and asked her if she was a widow, or what the child's father was? She (witness said) lie was a soldier beloncing to the Life Guards, and was still living. The prisoner remarked her own t usband had been a Hussar, and was killed at the battle of Waterloo, and that she had received 281. front go vernment on his behalf. On the mornieg of the 18th. she milled twos Mrs. Hampden, and said she bail to go to the Spotted Dug, in thr Strand, for a bundle. She then sail "Let me take out the child for an airing." Witness refill. d she would soon be Rowe out heiself, and the prisoner asked for the shawl and Wiliam, at last the. witness consented to let her have them, awl she took the child out, as she said, to walk. After several hours had elapsed, witni ss began to get uneasy about t h e chink and went to look for the prisoner, in which she failed. - She joint nwil her husband of the circumstance, when he came home, awl he was almost frantic. Inquire was made at the spotted Dog, and it was there ascertained she hail taken away her bundle. All hopes of recovering the child had subsided ; when about a week ago, tie prosecutor was drinkiuu W•til .1 private belonging to the 10th Hussars, to whom he related the atom, this 111:111 very fortunately recol lected one of the men in his own regiment having a child bron4lit to him by the prisoner ; and as the names agreed, he expressed his suspicion she might he the same. Persona were dispatched to Hounslow, (where she was stated to he,) but when they got theme they received information. that she was at Hampton. They went there and took her into cus tody, with a child about four months old, and brought her to town. They took her to a public. house in Adam-street West, and sent for the parents, who identified her, and they them tooklier to the watch-house. The prisoner being asked what became of the child, said, it had died some time ago. Charles Sylvester, tlic constable, said, he was sent for to take the prisoner into custody, and she acknowledged having stolen the child. From what could be collected from the prisoner's defence, it appeared that an improper intercourse had taken place between her and a soldier in the 10th regiinent_; that by some means orother they had been s e p ara t e d a sufficient time for the prisoner to nave been delivered of a child of the age of th e one she h a d stolen. In her own words, she said, " Site was young and ti,olhh and wanted a Inisband, therefore, she knew no better way of getting one than by persuading the soldier she hnd a child. S:it war ted fur further examination, when mot . * wituveses will attend. INQ EsTS. Wednesday an inquest was held at the St. Andrew, East Smithfield, on the body of H. Tunbridge, 13 years of age. sun of Mrs. 'fiedwidge, coal inerehant, who was precipitated • into the London Docks, on Saturday week, while flying hi* kite, and stepping backwards to raise it iii the air. The body was found io seven minutes; but all attempts to restore ani mation were in wain. The Jury remarked to the Coroner. that several persons hail falleu into the Dock at the same spot, which was uniuclosed, and were desirous to present it as a dangerous nuisance ; but the Coroner thought it irreio- Valli, as he could take nn cognizance in such a case. The Pariyli Officers might present the place in the Crown Office, or the Dock Company might be indicted at the Quarter Sea. slims ; it was also within the jurisdiction of the Court Leet. The Jury &lieu returned a verdict of—Accidental Death. An inquisition was held on Friday, at the Tavistock Arms, Tavistock Place, Somers 'lowa, before Esq. one of the Coroners for the County of 3liddlesea, on view of the hotly of Miss Elizabeth Dailey, a very lodes-hating young. lady, of considerable ptoparty, 23 yours of age, who pot * period to her Life by hanging km self with a akippiag rope. It appeared, in evidence, that the deceased occupied a laic house, No. 6, Tavistock Place, in which she hail hut two female • ts, and since the death of her guardiiiii, which happened some time before, she became melancholy and desponding. The Jury, after some short consultation, returned a verdict—Died by leer own attiu hanging herself, not being perfectly sane at the tune. A.4IENTA OLE Au tIDLNT.—An inquisition was •taken oa Friday, before Chitties Jenunett, Esq. Coroner for the Coun ty of Surrey, at the King's Head, Walwoith Road, on she body of Mary liemble, daughter of Mr. Kemble, of No. 4. Mann( r how, Walworth, who was accidentally bunted to death. She was eight years of age. Mrs. Mary Oliver, hearing her screams, got in at the hark door, and saw the deceased in the kitchen enveloped its dames; she tore the garments atlas lust as she eohltl, the tie. ceased likewise pulled thaw) on; but before' the flames were extinguished, her body, her hands, and arms, were burned too dreadful to describe ; she still lad the power of speech, and told ter that her ni nth, r hail been gone out ofthe lionse abinit five minutes, to early a letter to the post office, and left the infaiit in the cradle, and the coffee-pot on the tire with the poker under it ; site (deceased) lifted the pet off the fire, and the poker, which was red hot, fell against her clothes and set-them on fire. She died in the evening of the saute` day. Verdict-- •Accidentally hunted to death. SCAR V ATION.—AiI inquisition was taken un Friday even ing, before Hugh Lewis, Esq. Coroner, at „the White Hart. corner of Eseter.s.reet, Strand, on the hod) olJaines Fisher, who, it is supposed, was starved to death. 'lle Jury viewed the body. lie appeared to be about forty years of age, if it was possible to judge of the age in the lion in /Aibleb it v. 4,, Mr !Willing 1111111/11 could have been more .luxiciug to the sight; a mere anatomy, covered with rugs, and e el y hone protruding • !trough the skin. 'this was pros!. ed by three witnesses. Coroner—" It is evident this man died by the vis:tation or God." Ifiryfriau—" I run satisfied he died for want of the twee/. sarieA of life." Another J nryurtn--" I ant of the some opinion, and disseut from the ('uroni h ere were rw e t.e Jur•4t.n cave the till/0%6414 vertlict, mitt it was finally recurtled--Died by the Vibittltien nt . Out!. On Aloudly night the dauglttet of Leith, of A roold.plare, Newington, between two and three yt afs of hge, met the following accident:—The out se.gsaid had got 4 it'W ft iends at tea ‘tith her, and fi.tvitig -ti!led the lea pot Placed it on the kitchen table ; the child luting thirst, during the absence of the &tom hum the kitcheu., drank at this spout of the tel a euusiierablc ttaatit ) of Th e ha timer, ii.r Sell141:18 hren;lst the seisfstits to her wsistJuce, ion her insitle.was so Undi; scalded that she lived but 41.06- hoots. As three -yonog men Jerre ercoming the Thames ip abut roam the Red House, Chelsea, at a late bout ou Wednesday .oglit, one of them, of the 'amt of Mary, a sollissick t teg ev crowd; aud was diowucti.