The National Register. — London, England, 1819-10-10 00:00:00

OCT. 10. increased ; but if the culprit raft be reclaimed and society benefit tei , (though the expenditure be somewhat increased.) w ill slot our colours, deeply ',arrested :is it is in the Moil of reline, cheerfully a 1 I IMaulfolly rooiribuie it, the promotion olds silt II serail ii , and to the rtto.w at these by a bum that security iris heel' 111s - Ale:11 Intilk that 411 lop very dolma periol, the economical nisei witia of a new sstcoi would be :At ; e ill not ill wan tiel yof uninitaoteil tliwtplinc, iu it. ,pre.td and eumniu uicittion, if at deter the crimival, save u, from his cliare? Thc 4:o:lsailiptioa of our prism' is great, and is Oh pi toper find aigitaut au,wrintentlence, in the primary necearai y of life, b., in 11-work alone, u griott saving may be edected; the send..r's profit stiuuld be ours; and in every tang possible the prison IWO(' contribute to itself; but Minoan, profitable ur out. is toe principle upon o hich we should act, us the Mean* of punishment and of reformation. I have thus taken Ilse Whit) ut lolive>in; my thoughts to you, feeling that it woo clue to your station, anal y to should wive the means of 'giving them >our serious lei ion ;if taere be any thug guutl or ui ful in it Imt IL h ,ve ,44;.tested, I know that it a ill have the benefit of your representation and recommendsition, and ilia it will rccieve an influence , stud %eight (loin pm, which no effort of mine could pro. flue« ;if nut, lam sure us a friend, that y o u will Sit least appreciate tile motives, w silt w hich I h.iye adilietwed you , • they will be sufficiently explained in the evils hich I have described, and in ihe übliot• to reroovr (nein. sun, dear air, every must truly yams Staple-iao, Sept. 11, I/319. ti. B MAI-N WARING. Wood in Scotland.— rue reproaches which Dr. John son, its his journey to the Hebrides, threw out against Scotland fur its With of wood, thoogh perhaps a little exaggerated, were probably not very tar irons the truth. That country, about a century before, had been covered with old wood ; which, being considered by the pro prietors as of no value, was allowed to fall into dec iv, without any effort to preserve it, while the introduetant of sheep etlecttislly prevented the growth of young wood, Accordingly, when the old trees full &run from age, toe country because quite bare. But the reproaches of 1)r. Johwoo, turned the attention of the Scotian land lords to planting; and its many puts of Scotland. par ticularly io Perthshire, the detect of which, Dr. John son tasitplained has beets completely reusoved. Tue two greatest planters of trees in that county, and per haps us Scotland, are the Duke of Athol and the Earl of Bre:M.lll).one. Each of • these noblemen, we are in ionise !, has 'slanted at least 60,f500,000 of trees. V to LENT 0 U . 11111.0311..--011 Tileiday, about 2 o'clock, two ladies walking iu the llegetat's-park, were attacked is the in sat indecent manner by one of those vile WICICIIVS who infest the town. A gentleman coining in siglir, they called upon him for protection, but the miscreant. had got so a distance slot to he overtake° ; however, he kept hint in view, and when he got into the New-road, induced a groom to take him into a chaise, and pursued the fellow; lie soots came up with hunt, when lin seized the. scoundrel, and gave him a most severe beating, to the satisfaction of a number of persons, who were very desirous to throw him into the canal. The wretch is about 40 years of age, stool, and low of stature, marked with the small-pox; had on a blue coat, striped waistcoat, and white apron, and had the appearance of a ports ror upholsterer's man. This description of him is given to guard the pualic against the tellow whereever he appears. Some • ago, a gentleman in Galloway, while seslking over his estate, observed a peasant boy rapidly mounting to the top of a very high tree, in search no doubt d a crow'sor a pye's nest. Being concerned for the little fellow's safety, as well as atixtotis to banish such mischievous intruders from his plantations, he bawled , out " Hoy! you little. scoundrel ! what arc you about there? Come down immediately. and never let me see your face in this place again." The climber, nowise alarmed at this address, rested himself upon a branch, and answered very laconically, " Na! if I was to come dorm, you wad lick me." "No," said the gentleman, "although you well deserve to be punished, 1 wont beat you for the offence—so come down tonne niately." " Say as sore's deeth ye'll 113 lick me," re joined the culprit, "and Ell conic doon." " What ! yots impudent rogue, do yon presume to doubt my word, and treat me like one of your schoolfellows?" "1 Junta Len," whimpered the pertinacious boy, "but unless you say as sure's deeth, I'll na ensue dorm the day." The iv:oilman, who is a distinguished huniourist, and is a member of the present Parliament, had now great diffi culty in preserving his gravity, and finding further re monstrance vain, he at last fairly capitulated with the enrol, and agreed: to let him march off with all the honours of war. It is almost needless to aria, that the terms of this capitulation were better observed than some of those that nave wide a greater noise in the world. 'f he boy was dismissed, with a trifling reward, and a strong injunction never again to climb a tree, or bredk through au inclosure—an injunction which, on the part of the rising generation, will probably be attended to, when the birds cease to build, and the wild entities to ripen. . . As; inquisition was taken on Wednesday at the Wise Anchor• in East Salk Weld, before J. W. Unwin, Esq. Coroner, on the body of Esther Parsons. It appeared that the deceased cohabited with a young man of the name of James Bennett. hut same altercation having taken place, caused a separation; she Mlle at dif fesent times to bin lodgings, entreating of him to give her admittance, stating, that she had as way of support, nor place of rusidence ; he would not heusken to her entreaties but always marred her off; she at length, despairing of his doing any thin; for her, told him that she would come stud haug herself at his door. Monday last he had occasiun to heave home very early in the morning; on g g out lie locked hi► door, tool in the interim the deceased came and •asked the landlady if he k Brun, tt 1 was at home; the land lady said that he was not, but that he a ould be in :mon to breakfast. The deceased said that she would go and sit on the stair.case at his room door until be came in ; she acme,- diagly went up stairs, and the landlady took no further tio; ice of her; BennrtB came soon afterwards, and on going up stairs, the first thing that presented itself to him was the deceased ea•pcnded by a cord at the door. She was im mediately eta don n, and Mr. Price,. a surgeon, residing In THE NATIONAL REGISTER. littichihthtgh.ta., fur, %A huattettile.l, a n d used every pousible 'Wain in restore her, but 10 am purpoSe, as 11(C nat, etliact. It appearing h) the e.ttlence iti several that the decrafted slltipttosti,ibr 1.)11.1 . c mittistA she tspit Net, the Jur t.•turued a Verdict, twat the hung htaruelf, Ikiug in a state of teotime airy derange. Intact. On Wednesday last, W. Brackwell, a young wa tennan, plying near the Custom-house put off from the ►tairs of that place for the purpose of running alongside one of the Gravesend steam-packets, t'a land passengers. The steam-boat moving at the time, he made rather a sudden exertion to lay hold. in doing which, however, h.! imprudently jumped too far a-bead, and lowered the stem of his own boat so much, that it caught beneath the wheel and works of the steam-packet, and lie was instantly sunk be low the latter. Every exertion was immediately made to find the body ; but it was not discovered until kith was -wholly extinct. It appeared from bruises on the head and face, that the death was accelerated, if nut altogether °Meted, by the vio. lent concussion which he must have received on being dashed against the works. The unfortunate young man bore an excellent character, and was the chief support of an aged mother. A Coroner's In quest sat on the body, and pronounced a verdict of— Accidental Death. An inquisition was taken at the Three Tons, Thames.. st reet, on Ttlesday, before F. Shelton, Esq. on the body of a poor old creators named Mom Andrews. She had been employed with her husband in picking hops in Kent, where she had contracted disease from labour and wa in, and they set out for London in expectation of assistance from her daughter; they arrived at the llo rough-market on Friday morning, _between 9 and 10 o'clock, in such a Kate of exhaustion, that the tieceased lay down, unable to proceed any farther; some homane persons assisted has into a public-house, where she was permitted to remain till her daughter was fetched, but it did not appear that she had received any refreshment. The daughter took her as far as London-bridge, and her weakness increased so mulch that she was altoge ther unable to proceed ; her datiAluer, therefore, seated her under the first coveted recess on the lioroty,h-side, which is situate in the parish of St. Olave, where she left her, and did not again return.. till between 6 and 7 at night, when she found her in the erne place in shak ing fits. The woman's condition drew round her a considerable-crowd, who were all very cla tttttt oos, and applied to the midge-beadle, who immediately went to the house of Mr. Little, the assistant overseer of St. ()lave, in Tooley-street ; and from thence to Mr. Mu tton, another of the overseers, to whom he described the distressed situation of the deceased. Mr. Dotson came and viewed her, and offered to pay for a coach to convey her home to Shoreditch, but could not find one. Soon after Mr. Little came, attended by a marslialmars, and pledged himself to the beadle "that the woman should be • taken care of;" but -as soon as the beadle went away, she W3S merely moved a few Neu farther into the parish of St. Magnus, and there left with her daughter, who presently after went away, as she said, to fetch her husband, but she never returned. No further notice was taken of the deceased-aill about 12 o'clock, when a young woman named Kent, who resides in Bermondsey -street, saw her lying on the ground, to all appearance dying; she raid her up, and when the watchman came round, she called his attention to her, but he refused to render any assistance, because, as he said, it was a mistake between the parishes, and that she, having been bird in St. Olive s, established her claim for relief there. About 3 o'clock in the morning she expired, and then the watchmen carried the body to the bone-house. It was afterwards opened by Mr. N'aust, a surgeon, who found a quantity of water on the chest, and the stomach quite empty. His opinion was, that with proper care the deceased might have lived, but the case was at all times hopeless. A gentleman of the Jury desired to be informed whether any 01 the parish officers of St. Magnus were informed of the woman's state in the course of the night. He was answered that a parson had gone to the watch•house m tell the consta ble, but he did not attend. The Coroner sa,d it was a met piece el business, to say the least of it, and he would not hesitate to say, that the watchmen had be haved in the most ct i ttt inal inatmer. Indeed, this poor woman seemed to have been neglected by the world and the world's law. The room Was then cleared, and a warns conversation ensued respecting the propriety of passing a vote of censure: the whole of the Jury agr. ed to it, tart the Coroner gave it as his legal opinion, that such a step would subject thew to the consequences of an action, when the idea was abandoned, and they re turned a terdict of—Nattnal death. DONCASTER ST. Lrom—The Jockey Club de. cided this race in favour of Antonio on Tuesday, and thus the acts of the Stewards became nugatory, and Mr. Lockwood, the judge, was correct. It turned out upon enquiry, that all the horses did absolutely start, except a restive me, and on Mr. Lockwood asking it' they were all ready, no answer was made to the contrary, and he said. " Go."— l'eirse, the rider and trainer of Agricola, was in a bad place, and after going some distance he called out, it was no start, and pulled up, and was fol. lowed by S;r Walter anti others ballad him.— The decision decides bets to the tune of many tlu A few dacs since, a fin:: bny, aged fire years, sots of Mrs. Blanch, of Ilindtingliain, was playing in the brew house, he accidentally fell backwaols into a tub of boiling wort, and was so dreadfully bcaldetl, that he languished in excruciating pain a few huurs, and then its The Fourth Anniversary of the Norwici, Bible Asso ciation was held nn the Villa tilt. the Rev. C. 1). Were tOn in the chair. It appeared front the Report reed, t.,jt • this Institution, in the course of last year, had (list' tanned 468 Bibles and 53 l'evataients, making an aggregate of Li, P 2 0 Bibles and 179 Testaments since its COIIIIIICIICe. ittent: in addition to which it lids presented 30fd. to the Parent Society, in aid of its fureigu objects. stint of 151.05. tOvl. was collected. PRovioesTiAL liscAre.—On Tuesday last; as seve ral labourers in the employ of Mr.Crowe,of Kettlestotte, were working in t marl poi, one of the men, after driv ing his team out of the pit, incautiously left it to return hack for his coat. lie the interim the horses went on. One of the men aocitleattallY looking upwirds at the moment, and discovering the danger, tin lllNhalely called so his fellow•labouters to clear the way. In an Instant the-side caved in; the four horses, with t t dud anti its covetous, were all pr ec ipi tate d t o t h e m, a dis tance of several yards. Fortimately this ettrionlistary accident wateattentled with no outer damage than break ing a titian part of the thiller's harneu. At Kersiiiiighall Fair, on Thursday se'unight, a great many Sle.:ep and !assays. were disposed ot, on !owes - terms than have receutly been given:. The number ui Horses was small, and prinepaliy of an inferior kind. At the above tair, Mr. liamey, junior, of %Ahem, Kan a(c•sisted by a siran•;el, who asked him whether lie would bell his horse • Mr. IL having replied in the Affirmative, the 111311 begged permission to ride the au:- mil a little way, to which assent was given : the fellow imusedisttely rode off full speed, and nothing has been heard of him nor she horse since. A reward has bevis offered for his apprehension. Sunday last ass inquest was held at North Lopham, belore William Brooke, Gent. Coroner, on the body ei Mary Shaw, aged 83, who on Friday was walking to the wail where a boy 'was driving a fluor cart, anti looking behind at souse children, the cart went ut et her, and she died on Saturday afternoon. - Verdict, Ac cidental Death. On Nlichaelutas-Thy, NVers. Bagge, Esq. was sworn into the office of Mayor of Lynn. In the morning the Corporation attended Divine Service at St. Marga ret's Church, where an appropriate SCrlllOll was delieereel by the pier. Edward Edwards, the Corporation Lec turer. In the -efts:moon the Mayor gave a sumptuous dinner at the Town-hall to upwards of r.'oo Gentlemen, among whom were the Alenthers for the County, the Earl of Orford, Sir M. B. Follies, C,:e. In the evening there was a splendid ball, witch was kept up by the beauty and fashion of the town and neighbourtmoil tall a late hour. The Rebecca of Stunts Shields, Lundin, master, from Onega bound to Lotidou, with deals, &c. straiiticd to the southward of Yarmouth Pier, haring previously struck on the Scroby Sand, where she lost her rudder, and received tuber cousiderable (Patna le. llro vcosels from the North, with coals, strork on the Scrohy Sand this morning. and ..arc sunk. 'I %t o btitt-rs (names n!triown) also struck, and hat caut off. On Tuesday last the A • •ersary Alerting of the Suffolk Anxihare Biltle Society was holden .i tile Shire hall, Ipswich, the Rev. Edward Griffin in she The Society bas issned in the past year 1,583 Bibles and 903 Testaments, and since its institution 28,270 copies. The cash received for thr past rat was I 1061. 18a. Iod. and with the sale of basks, left the of .6051. 65.7 d. in hind. This intimation was retched With great sans. faction. The collection at. the doors amounted to up. wards of 351: and a third donation of :Ail. was received from an antonymous friend to the histinotion. Our Butter and Cheese Fair commenced on Saturday last, but no-business was done, owing to the sellers ask ing as high a price as 7Cs. per firkin for prime dairies, but on Al onday afternoon sales were effected at from htis. to 61s. Gal. but those terms did not make a clearance. as many dairies were taken home unsold. One total cheese sold at 6d. to 7d. per lb. and flet gfd. to 31,1. — Ca tile Fair was thinly attended. On Thursday last Thomas Clay, Esq. was sworn into the office of Alderman (or Chief Magistracy) of Bury, fur the year ensuing. On this occasion he gave a most elegant entertainment at the Guildhall to nearly 21)1) persons, amongst whom were his Grace the Oak, al Grafton, Lord Eamon, M. P , John Merest, Esq. M. P., John Harcourt Powell. El. Col. Rush. brooke, Col. Wollaston, the res dent Clergy, and mail other gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood. The viands, dessert, and wines, served 'irons the Angel were of the best quality, and did great credit to the pro. eider. The following is an extract from a Parisian paper entitled, " I.e Journal des debatar"— " The meeting of Reformers he id at Nbrwich. and at a hit h they blamed the Ministers and AtagiFtnites of Manchester. vas brought about by the intrigues of • member of the Opposition, the richest landed propristor in Ragland. Mr. Coke. It was composed of no other than pse erns tinder the orders of Mr. Coke. who is proverbially called King of Norfolk! Within thWe few days, boo of the principal inhabitants of the city of Norwich have united in disavowing the decimation of the Yaks de Mum eieter Coke." ! ! ! G;.2- Raiy fur 100 Gni/tem.—A sporting Gig Mitten took place on the Alton road on Monday, be tween Mr. Briggs and Captain Stone, who should trot their horses farthest in one hour. with 14 stone in the gig. A piece of ground of 16 miles, 'and an indifferent road, was marked out. The parties started at opposite ends at the same time, and there was nut .10 yards difference between them at the eight miles, the Captain having the lead. The eight miles • was done in 55 minutes, and the winner was backed to do the fourteen On the umpires comparing their watches midway, Mr. Briggs was declared the witinar, he having done, within a few yards, IS miles and a halt Alla the Captain, whose horse broke into a gallop twice, dial 13 utiles with the two turn&