The National Register. — London, England, 1819-06-27 00:00:00

JUNE 27. Priest in holy orders, with a proper licence. From !sit to ISIS, they cohabited as lawful husband and wife. Lady Hatt le !levelled on the Continent with Lend [lan kr a, his wife, received letter,' hunt him a, Lady Ha% ke, and took mire of his chfldu u n. Sir ►l'nt. Scott, wader lite above eircumetances, was of opinion that there was prima facia evidence of marriage. Ile at the same lime had La doubt what Ike case vaund b e i ll l oorabi, if I. rd Math. 0151 that the supposed rfleSt WAS not a l'ait , 4 in holy os del*, an d the ia►tutrneut ha licence. In the c.ese as it than *tend, he wag of oid. Mon the libel could hut be admitted. It was accordingly _xgCUTlOX.—Tucsdav escunig the Keeper of New. gate received a respite for Tllolll4li Bradbury, staying his exectatiott for a week, and on liVerltiesday morning the miler flee of the tuitintritiate men who were ordered for execution by the • P'sitsce Regent at the Couticil tin Saturday last paid the Fortin of their lives at the limit of the Dditors' Door. IVe never recnd such a fact with out shuddering—nut one of these victims -of our san guinary criminal code had committed murder, the Only crime which, by divine law, it is declared shall be punished with death, and can human hive:Mon in the eteenth century find no punishment severe enough short of death!. Ihe idea that pithlie executions act or terraren upon Ile spectators cannot weigh with any one who has met the crowd returning from one of these horrid exhibitions, for he must hare seen the undimi nished joke of ribaldry playing upon those countenances which had just witnessed Cite bin d ing of a set of miser. able sinners into the awful presence of an eternal Judge. Indeed we are convimied that the general leeliot amuse who visit such scenes is that of commiseration towards any one whip is dills deprived of life in opposition to the declared law' of the Supreme Being. We hope some one who has the power will pursue the subject of ameliora tion of our disgraceful code of criminal law till he re moves the opprobrium from our national character.— Tisesday the numerous friends of the unfortunate itien visited them in prison, and remained till three o'cl. , ck, the moment appointed on such occasions for final sepa ration from relations and all others who are deeply inte iested in the Corot* those whoare to stifle!. - All the poor creatures have acted, since the moment the Ordinary told them what tlity were to expect, with great p.apri ety. Wright, who was convicted of a burglary in the Itouse of Mr. Wilkinson, expressed an anxious wish to see his prosertilm, who immediately called at the prison and wa, ailiiiivert to the cell, where an aling inter view took place between them. Mr. Wilkinson had used his influence to obtain a mitigation of Wright's sentence, and went in the course of Yesterday twice to Lord Stmouth's office, to learn whether any hopes :night be entertained that extreme punishment would not be resorted to. Upon heating that there was no t hauce, Wright said he never had expected lenity.. and that his only view in troubling his imusecistor upon the occasion was the gratification of his poor wife, who kept hope full before her eyes, while even the shadow-of it did not remain. Jeacot and Albin were occupied in prayer a great part of the day, and in listening to the cons:dation given by some and the groans uttered by o, hers of their friends. Ambrose was leas prepared for the shock of the intelligence communicated in the Re conler's Report. He had been respired, and persisted in declaring that he had never fired at his prosecutor. The case of Bradbury, who was convicted of having tittered forged notes, excited during the day the greatest iiitrest at the Secretary of States office, which Dr. Comm was summoned to attend, in order to furnish imelligeoce upou the subject. SHOCLISO Mu RDite.—On Whit-Toesday a fight took place at the village of Twerton, near Rath, between two brothers, named Wiltshire, of the adjoining parish of Newton. Oue of them had been knocked down, and the other was in the act of kicking him, when a man, named Ashley, touched hint by the elbow, :,rid said "Don't kick him for if you do you will kill him ;it is a shame for brothers to be fight ing;" at which Wilt shire turned round. and. vociferating to Ashley, with a tremendous oath " knock your brains out, or any one else who takes his part." instantly struck Ashley a violent blow on his ear. who fell to the ground, never to speak again, and after lingering till the following Friday, he riled. The coroner's jury who as upon the body returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against \Vilt. shire, who has been committed for trial. Ula Thursday afternoon a melancholy accident happened at the ato:ith of the Don, b 3 the upsetting of one of the cubic' ensploycd in the salmon &inn; there, and on hoard of which there were four volition fishers, a woman, with her two children she had taken out for trying the elliects of the sea air in al;evirting the booping cough, and a girl about thirteen years of age. The four men who were joining out Fie coble through the breast b on the shlre, w hen a Ivavy swell struck it. ali cid. deep in the water with th e net and number of people on board, nod ito alarm of rian;. 7 tr being euven by their cries und shriek., en attempt was made to a-s the cultic to the shore, hut unsuccessfully, 117 e ,-tteceed i,hr wave upsetting it, by which all were thrown into the yea. The net, w hich was 'nutty nut, was immediately (hewn iu by the avheriaCll on shore, by nhich means two of their companion.: were drawn out, white a number of White Fishers, is ho were accidentally near the spot, with the most praise -worthy alacrity, rushed into the water, and succeeded iv bringing the remaining pert of the unfortunate people to I yid, two of the men, however, who had disappeared und. r the cubit., not ulna af.ei some iwcrval of time, and the whole seemingly in a lifelesy state. After a long peweve r owe in every endeavour w Inch the circumstances would tatty*, or hninauity suggest, the greater pats of them were restored. [tut we regret to state that Thom ma :chid, a irespectaldu old Mall. /11111 JOl , ll Hay, a tourrg man of 21 rare triage, much regretted, also one of the children, about six aloofly. old, were unfortunately past recovery. ATrLSIPT AT MURDEN.—A few 1.11/1111'1:4 before nine o'clock on Tuesday morning, the neightantrhood of Port pool-lane, Gray's Inn-lane, was throe n into the greatest alarm from dreadful shrieks and cries of murder, pro ceeding from the house of Patrick Murray, a Llsiurcr, residing in that street. Several persons assembled before the "use. anti the cries of murder still amounting, Thcituas Tinsum, a neighbour, weal into the house to THE NATIOVAL IttGISTEE ascertain the cause, when Mnrray had his wile down uit the floor, in the passage, and scented to be stamping upon ausl otherwise ill-treating her. He then left her, and seizing a ease-knife, made several stubs at 'Fusion, and inflicted many se% ere wounda in his ►ide and thighs but the knife being round pointed, prevented any of them Irem tieing mortal. Tinsum struggled hard to get the knife from him, and calling out " 111 UrdVi !" I., id hold of the knife, and Murray drove the blade thrnuah his hand, and nearly cut nfl two of his fingers. The cries brought- Helium, a tinplate-worker, who, with the assistance of other rersims, rescued Itiontet and Murray's wile from being murdered, and with great difficulty se-cured Murray. Edward Head, of llaitott garden Office, wars Mil for, who conveyed the prisoner before the Magistrate in nation-garden, whin all the witnesses attended, a n d the case • hail% satisfictorily made out, tile prisoner was fully committed to Newgate for trial. A few day+ ago, a titan named Henry Langridge was taken tip at Nortniam, tit Sussex, uu suspicion or being the perpetrator of the rt.crof Mr. Six, at PC11$1111r)l, which occurred upwards of six years since. The fol lowing are the particulars of that atrocious deed Monday, the Ist of February, INi I, as Mr. Richard Sex, a respectable farmer, residing at Penshurst, was returning home about seven o'clock in the e%etrittg, lie was waylaid within a quarter of a mile of his own house. and beaten with a large bludgeon in the most in human manner, several of his teeth knocked out, and his skull, jaw, and right arm, dreadfully fractured. The murderer had placed a stick across the footpath to en tartgle the unfortunate deceased, who. in the dark, tum bled over them, and was immediately attacked by the wretch, lying in atubtisit to accomplish his horrible ittirpt.,e. Mr. St , W3l ft , lllld the folios% ing morning neatly lifeless; he sunned, however, till the Sunday following, when he On the next day , itn iquest was held on his body, before R. Crow, k.sq., Coroner, and a verdict of Wrija/Jdfurder returned against Henry Lind:ridge, formerly one of the neighbours of the de- C.C.1612‘1, residing in a cottage near his house. Langridge left the neighbourhood the day after the murder was committed, and, although vigilant search his been made .her him et er since, yet he eluded jostle?. 01 last week, when he was discovered at Northiam by a person who was acquainted with him at Penshurst, and is ho gave immediate information of the circurr stauce. We understand he has beeti . residing in the neighbourhood of NortNiatii ever since the murder was committed ; he confessea having been in the employ of Mr. Sex, but denies any knowledge of the loonier. He has beets committed to the county gaol, Maidstone. ATTEMPTED -t"VICI DS AT Yoatt..—The head clerk at the York Yost-office attempted suicide on Wechies,lay wetting, by cutting his throat. He was discovered before life was extinct, and medical assistance immediately procured. It is expected he will reel:tier. A few weeks ago, along with several others, he was summoned to give ei idence on a trial in London, against? person who had committed a robbery on the General Post office. The prisoner was !Muni guilty, and sentenced to die ; and it is probable the circumstance may have affected the mind of this unfortunate gentlemam Another f7tild Stolen.—On• Monday, Alma half past twelve o'clock, while Mrs. Gerrard, at No. 8, Tottenham-place, Tottenham-court-road, had per- mitted one of her children, a fine boy nearly ibur years old, dressed in a black frock, a coarse pina iitre, nankeen trowsers, half boots and socks, with ' out a hat, to play fur a few minutes in front of the house, he was decoyed away by a woman decently dressed in a dark cotton gown and black hat. Or. the alarm given of the child being missixl, every. endeavour was mule to discover it, but all.attempts have hitherto proved in vain; and the only intim mation obtained by its distracted parents is, that it was seen walking in company with a woman of the description already mentioned , through_ Fitzroy square, shortly after it was missed. E.SCAPE or CAMPBELL PROM WIGTON GAOL.— The prisoner's brother, dressed in female attire, together with some women, paid him a visit about four o.clock on Thursday last. In the absence of the gaoler, the two brxthers, who resemble each other, exchanged clothes, anti nn the re-appearance of the gaoler's wife to let nut the siviters, dm metamorphosed fair one walked of with the greatest decency and deliberation along with her female companions, leaving the brother in the place of the prisoner. The deception was discovered about an bourafter, when people were sent in all directions, and eyerrezertion was used to edict the re-apprehension of of sue prisoner, but he was not to be found. Mons Chabirt, the celebrated fire-eater, exhibited wonderful capability of resisting the erects aimed, at the theatre, Penzance, on the night of Monday last. After g oin g through the yxrious teats of standing in melting lead, eating burning torches, &c. he concluded by getting into a frame w ork, on which was hong a number of rockets, and to which Ise was to set fire, is Mist he. remained exposed to the flame, until his clothes were literally blunt from his body. On exhibiting this experiment, the house because fired with k ',and the sulphureous smell becomes° intollerable, that the audivry were quickly forced to seek for a purer atmos phere. But as the means °leg, Cr., did not :Ohm of their doing Otis as quickly as Will, IIeCCIOUry, several sons fainted, and a scene of general cunfusivit ensued. The ,creams for assistalice bicatne loud 81111 piercing t a cry of lire was raised, and the crowd that quickly assrmblrd, lost no lime in tweaking through the roof, murder to extricate those imprixoni d within, who, by tumbling onco - earl, oshrr. h.id nearly blocked up the ordinary pnssozo s. Ilappily this ex twit wet, by allow rag the smoke to fVllll,llr.lll.,nad giving a,, „ 1 , 1 ,, i „„,, y of reinus jog to the //VII asl, those who had iwenine insensible, pre-word a fatal teiiniiiation of the disaster, which, in all probability, would hate utherw use In a savings Bonk Ilernin;slicath, 12 month. Since, and extending t Nome of the adjoining upwards ci 1001. haver bun dcppntNd within the first 3 CAI'S accouut. THEJTIB. On Monday a Meeting of the Proprietors • mid new Rutted' tools place in the &sheen. Rosier, ISact, in the Chair. The Chairman having reed the Reepitsnion, Mr. Calctuft said, he had a communiciaion to make, which would-gtve great satisfartion. A letter had been him front teir lienjamin Bloomfield, by eirennoind c .e Highness the Pnnte Regent, expressing his Royal tigKhtieses deep regret at the embarrassed state of the finances of t , ie Theatn, and directing that tOOOl. should be paid down for the relief of the concern. The letter concluded with expressing the I'lo.t 111X411.15 wiahesfor the prosperity of the inetitution, and was re• ceased with immense applause. Mr. Calemft said, that the utmost hopes of final furless wet entertained by those who had most minutely curtained the ac • count., and that tie situation in which the Theatre now stood far exceeded any of Ito former chances of prosperity. The first pro position which appeared to him neeessary to be made wee respect mg the large arrears which presented many dismal iseinv. '1 he Meeting were aware that ee,eitiutd. must be raised before the Theatre could be put into the i1a1144 of any professional gentle man, and that it was equally necessary • that the new Renters should wake sacrifices, by foregoing the receipts of the rent, sae profess due to them until that emu was re-raid—an event whien would, without doubt, take place within live yeses. After that period the Theatre would be extending its profits universally ; but unless there was a general concurrence in this preposition, ail the Committee coald do would prove-abortive. lle then proposed a Resolution to that effect, and suited, that the Creditor should be paid ten shillings in the pound. The Chairman read a letter ftom Mr. Robins, which stated, that he waa aware of the sugge.tions of tie Committee, and highly approved of them. Mr. Fallowtield said, the trustees were of opinion that great se. critices should be matte, but not . quite to the extent advised by Mr. Caleraft, and lie thought it expedient that a Committees • should be formed, consisting of them and the new reenters, in which they might adopt resolutions of great benefit. The teas ten were of opinion that in case the Theatre 4hoald be let, the new renters should make a sucrifice of four years past and four years to come. and that the trustees should•tare the power of distressing for the nightly receipts. Sir T. Tucson expadated upon the mazitside of the sanitizes, but he dwelt with force woe great promise of ad vantage. The aftesi,, , was. he amid thin, because it was er roneously thought OA seheeriptiede 'OW be requested. Mr. Homer ask be_ arts% viumerl a Mattis. at tise• Theatre with so undo tiNesetipr awe W•11110w - 11 piagpeCt of seeing it rise owe sere hessiteinenevitol actinide. The Select Coca. mitten had acted with- Ohl most decisive energy. There was every prospect of the 0011 Can being let to great advantage. A very considerable suns of money had been offered, and the very best se • trinity for the performance of the contract was moldy. At the conclusion of 14 years, for which term it would appear advisable. that the Theetre should be let, all the difficulties and ' meets by which it Inset present enveloped would have it ' • all its evigieeements would be fulfilled, and would be rid ea/1 its bonds. He then expressed his joy at the idea of stopping the clamours of those creditors who were ready to destroy the Thea tre, alluded to the liberal notice taken by the Prince Regent of the state to which it was reduced, and said that half the subeerip tion would be raised before the conclusion of the week, mill there was no doubt oldie whole being made up in a very, short time. lie was ready to make the sacrtice proposed, and to advise all others to du so. Tie Resolutions were then moved, and unanimously agreed to; after wl.ich the Meeting separated. • An immense whale has been taken at Ronndstane Hay, in Connemara, at Errisherg, the estate of Colonel Martin, M. P. • it was oliservetion Sunday last by SOME people, who pursued him, .and us the tide was falling Ia t, be soon got a-ground; in this state weapoLs of various kind.; n•ere employed for his destruction, after considerable risk the country people succeeded to destroying this mower of the deep. lie prunes to i.e M the spermaceti species, and is 7V .feet long, anti att feet in girth round the body. One of his teeth was sent to Galway, which weigh two pounds and a half.— fisn produces three kinds of oil, which, together with the bone, are estitnoted to he worth Goa '1 be year ly meeting of the Nardi Easter u Unitai ian So. ciety was held on Tuesday and %Vediusday last in no: Mr. Smith preached on 'Tuesday evening, and Ms. Fox morning and evening of the next day, at the Unita rian Chapel, Norfulk.street.. About seventy friends of the Society diordtogelber at the Hoke's Head; •Mr. yen, resident preacher ; in the chair. Several app. orriate oasts were given, and Messrs. Fox, Walker, Smith, and Selby, delivered animated addresses on the occasion. The next yearly meeting was appointed to be held at Roston. A few da?•s ago, a bee-hit e bekinging to sir. George Cooper, of Scoreby Grange, near York, was awden tat ly overturned by one of the servant Coen. Ile himself luckily escaped danger; but the etirageil insects ap peared determined to resctige themselves ou any Its tug object that came in their way. Part of them couse•- gmently flew upon a puniter dog, anti the rest 1.11.0/11 a •a turkey cook, both of which were Mat the hire. 7•he former living rhoiroal up and unable to escape) was so dreadfully stung, that it shed in about two hours after wards, apparently in a state of madness. The turkey cock, however, survived till the following niotiting, and then died Ater considerable siilh Nlany aline weavers of 101151e r :who refutterho take the oath bare returned to their looms ; some, • VI/1/0 .1 . 00113111 y bound themselves by it,_ hair lett the town at intend to leave it; and (rters continue to ramble Anna in a state of di stitintun. Those mho Irate work at the advanced pliers, are not at al/ better al than heretofore: their number is small, and , the,' d o tint ' obtain full etnrisn . ...ent; moreov,J, they are obliged to N y a 11011101) of 111111 wages :01r1P071i, the maintenance of their brethren iss“,r.till s ta n d t int. The furniture of tisn fanolira in Leeds was sold :ast wet k for 31 tear, of assigned- t 11419. 1.1 VER PO 0 JUNE I intiag the arrivals yester day at thus port, we wen pattiesilioty gratified au asto nishes! by the novel Si;ili of a fine SICO4II ship, vs hicts came round at half-atier 7 p.m., without the assistance of 3 single sheet, in •a siyle which shoplayed the power , and athantage of the application of steam to vesselS• of • the largest sine, being :tat tons burden. She is called the Sat annali,Captain !to t ters, snd sailed front Savannala • the 2611 of .lay, and arrived its the Chatint I flue da)s since; during her passage, slut worked the en e tine Id days. Her model is benstiful, and the accommodation for F assimigers elegant and eornplt tit. This is the first ship on this constructiod that has undertaken a vopie across the Athutic. . .