The National Register.
London, England, 1819-10-25 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL lIEGISTZIL

A, most brutal and daring attack was made upon the
person of Mr. Hictiti. Master of the ACMICIIIy. DOW 11•
halt, upon his own premises, as he was returning hose
from a party of friends late its the evening of the 2tl inst
unconscious of having offended any nue, much less the
wretch implicated, to whose family he had shewn much
kindness awl benevolence. A man named Thompson
had secrehll I • self in a haystack (it i stipposed with
two other critsletterittes), near the gate, and coninnateed
the outrage by violently seizing 11r. 11. by the collar,
who acting upon the defensive, :.trock him a smart blow
wills his waking stick, which its its contact with
his heat!. Mr. 11. thus rendered defenceless, Will re-
peatedly knocked down by him, and abused in a brutal
manner, till he was literally covered with blood ; twiny
blows were apparently gist it by a hurdle stake (the
fragments of which were found main the spot on the
following morning, beSIOCIfed WWI blood), which per-
forated tile hat, into which souse blood was driven.
Notwithstanding the weak state into which Mr. H. was
reduced, nom repeated struggles :Old lose of blood, lie
succeeded its punning and sectoring the villain till as-
sistance arrived, which placed him within the charge of
a constable, Irmo whom he was rescued by ere of his
confederates, and has at present chided justice, although
aes arratit was immediately ussned 1.4 his .spprelivit .
The Inspector-general of the Irish Prisons informs us,
that he had visited a mansion of misery in Galway, cal-
led a " Britlewell," in which he found 10 wretched
women, one Of whom was incarcerated no less than 12
ttttt uthr, another 3 months, and the remainder several
weeks, all being in letters. "%Vhat are their crimes?"
said he to the gaoler, naturally r It The gaoler
knew not their crimes; lie had no cornet committals;
a I he could tell was, that he had verbal directions from
a town Magistrate to tletasii them, and that he detained
them accordingly 1 The Inspector-general ordered the
unhappy wretches to be libeated, and reported their
case to Gtsverninent.

Friday last an inquisition was taken at Bromeswell,
by Mr. Wood, junior, on the body of Mr. It. Owles,
who was killed the preceding morning by a red deer, the
property of Mr. Joseph Stammers, of Melton. Tim deer
ttavini attacked Mr. the sight of two women, and
the shocking appearance of the body, leh no doubt
whatever upon the minds of the Jury, as to the cause of
his death, and they returned their verdict accordingly,
making the deer a deodand, and Mr. Sta 11111 l ers, at the
unanimous request of the Jury, promised in shout tile
animal immediately.—Mr. Owl,' was for tur ly a reit-
ptctable fanner at Lactuham, but had retired from los-
airless.

SNOW STORM.—.Between I and 2 o'clock on Friday
morning a great fall of snow commenced, accompanied
by a violent hurricane. The wind blew from the north-
west, and has dorms considerable damage in and about
the metropolis. • Tile roads at the entrance of Loudon
were in several pans impass.ble, particulastri at Wail-
thatustow, where a number of trees were torn up by the
roots, and lay ;Jew's the highway, compelhug tratellen
to make a circuit of several rinks The snow had also
accumulated near a foot c!eep, and the pathways in the
heists were not passable for foot passengers.

Sitocittsna LVeNT.—On the. Ist instant, William
Fawley of Louth, went to nut in the %Vocals a few inks
from that 'dace, and met with several other persons w Ito
had gone to those woods for the saute unwise. llaviiia
gathered some nuts, they were met by one Lee and
others, employed to watch the woods, in order to lodge
inforusations,according to law,agaitost trespauen therein;
when, after several abusive altercations between the
miners am! Lea awl his companions, the latter (Lee
being armed with a gun) proceeded to take the lints, by
forze, into their own possession. Having thus deprived
Fawley and many totters of the tii ling, though, strictly
unlawful frnits of their labours and a in11,1:111C111s, he and
one of his comrades, of their own aullowily, took one of
the nutters, a sailor, Into custody, and escorted hint to-
wardsLouth, ss here, aAthey told him, he was to be impri-
soned in did-louse of Correction. Soon afterwardsFawley
left the rest of the nutters on his return home, and upon
the higuway, about a mile from the woods, overlook
Lee and the other pc who had the saiior into ceede►
dy, and after walking with them about half a mil,: fur-
ther towards Louth, Lee, without further ceremoi,y,
or ally other authority than his own, arrested Towles,
and insisted 1111,mi his gluing to prison also • ilirratettiobi
at the same 11l se, that, if he refused, he would shout hint.
lttwley, naturally supposing the man to be only joking,
walked away from him, is hen, horrible to rela,e, Lee,
at the distance of about Vti yards, deliberately aunt ai
y wounded his retreating captive iii tut
lest leg I 1:e ran about sixty yards down the lane, a•ld
then, f excessive pain, tell upon the around. Ili
was soon afterwards conveyed, in a cart, to Lout ti, win 0
lie now lies, and thtiulth tne unfeminine atieut on% of
a skrlfnl pliysici aml siligeoli; is apliarewly out 01
ilanger,elthointli his lett was deeply penetrated by the shot.
I .rining about On dill loci WalllldS. By order of the
~...o-tiates, Lee Is safely lotlJed in the prison whet e hue
„ad. sh„ro,, ot.fore, hireLoctiril the unfortunate victim
~e his crocks, with co itiocinctit.

• most daring 10tr2.! try wav corn in trd on Thttrs.la
Hight. 114,t, 011 tilt pit iniSeb of Nit (;1611111. of Pork le-
worth, Glonceverslttre, by a gang of lino desperate t
who broke hitt, the house In the folitn%iiii4 man-
ner:—.lshey fir‘t attetop.ed 0 10411 Jowl the fiJahe II
the hank boor; titty tl.en mt. eked aPvtinr Fat of the,
t retttonott the SIOIIeS of all Olen ; but het.
1, 10.4 J.:, q th..pr iiiiiiiiii rell)(1\ r•ti the file, I'Mt
I lie rll.O of toe hack kitchen, by llace'pl
I 1(111 entered (toe fourth remaining ().W!fle), and par,
Cretleil I,' the parlour, where they ransacked ItIC 'lran cri
„I' l be,ur,im ; Inn not finding •II lawny there. thr%
t. cut to Mrs. G.'S 1.1.31-roulll, iu which welt Nlr%,
avid her niece (a girl about sin years old); herellit.%
iluoeu;i.ttely hue's' Mts. G. on the bra, an, eot.. ;.
55.110 the elothea„old liegme Minor the dratve.s), . •roo
woe-ti they took a few silver table ;pooh!:

cahli. Ine screams and alarns given 6) ilic Cllll.l. 1.1,
bluiliging a rattle and crying out unicdur. Crum the

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window, soon attracted the hotice of -owe of the neirli,
boors, and Oil hearing • Olie apploJell hue ‘ili.illlll
1114(le a precipitate retreat.

AGRICULTURAL Ni/LETIM•Nir. Chi Arrieul-
Aleetiing, and Annual Sale of North Ikvon Cattle,
and Leicester Sheep, took place on Friday, tile Ise inst.
A large party of .Mr. Citiltle's ['Fiends arrived at Kinks on
the day before, and viewed the excellent stock that wait
intended to he dispi.sed of, and inspected such as are
reserved. Two years old in calf Devon heifers sold from
2111. to upwards of 301. each; and bullocks (of the saino
age), as high as 431. a pair, and some of the Leicester
theaves, at 41. 31. a head All the eminent friends to
agriculture remained at Kisilet until Saturday, and pre-
% inn: to their depart''r many of theft itopecteil
Mr. Childe's highly cultivated farm, on whicn their
at entiun was particularly directed to the effects that are
elileirt on the wheat stubble*, that were last year
covered with, burnt elay ; and to the pear cold tallow*
about in he sown with wheat, that hate heen abundantly
dressed with that article; and in investigating the pro-
cess of converting clay into a most important immure.—
They agreed MI Opitlloll With Mr. Childe, that by drain.
Mg in the first instance, and afterwards applying limns
clay, the poiireat cold lands may be rendered of infinitely
suture valise than has hitherto been supposed by the most
sangiiime agriculturist.

On Saturday might last the counting-room affjoinlng the
.hop of Messrs. Gresham and Woodward, of Hii.tun, was"
rubbed. The tluiees hesecertleil iu taking down the it on
liars of the window, and thereby obtained an rim arc,.
They ransacked the desk and dower•, ha fortunately
only a small sum of money had been tell the evening pre-
vious, with which they decamped, without attsmiptinir
fulfiller &predawn. Hitherto the villains Mire out been
detected.

The fishermen* belongin: Illakeney on Monday last
ilisroverrd, joint ot er the Bat, several flowing half-ankers
of gin, whirls led Item to • further search, and after :e
short lime they brought np 103, which mast hare been de.
posited there upwards of 12 months, as they were rose.t
with weeds, and oyster. growing upon them; the rope
thin held them together ass quite rotten, And gave was,
which led to the olkeovery. - The liquor appears not to
be injured, bus is a little discoloured.
DARING HIGHWAY 110 88888 AND ATTZUPT AT
MUKUER.—OD Thursday evening last, as Mr. Saut-
lain', Minna manufacturer, residing at No. 4. Penning-
tOD. place, Lambeth, ne r flercules.buildings, was re.
turning home Iron' Woolwich, in company with a .l
Jet 11l ill 4, they were followed by a gang of dre•
.rd in smock-frock% apparently ease from their work,
until they arrived in a lonesome marl, between Vt ool-
wick and Greenwich, where the fellows in a moment
were lost sight id', which circumstance released Mr. S.
and ~:. friend front the idea of beim., beset by robbers.
They did not proceed much farther before two ill-look.
tog feaowsjumped user a he.l4e, and seizing Mr. S. and
his friend by the collars, preseined loaded pistols to them
and threatened to blow out their brains if they did not
immediately deliver up their property. Mr. Strickland
had a stick in his itossession, and attempted a resistance,
which ended to w most desperate struggle, to whirl' one
of the pistols was discharged, and the hat of Mr. S. was
grad b, the contents. flis friend mule a blow at the
other, w hose pistol. missed fire. Some other fellows
were observed at a distance, who, it is supposed. litund to
give an al-4m if necessary. In the struggle, Mr. S. and
.jr. J. hods Inst then watches. The robbers, after this.
made ter the hedge across the fields, and esc.ipetl.
Mr. Strickland was once before attacked in a similar
manner, hear the samc spot, and rubbed in a considera-
ble amount.

GREAT SHOnTING MATCII.-.-A renewal of the areal
shooting match between Cartaital hill, and Strong,
the ganie•keeper of J. A. !'horn, Esq. of Melbourne,
thou, took place on Thursday; and from the confidence
of the parties, aft:r shooting an equal number of head
of game on Monday, in Hertfordshire !,27 each) the
mach became very interesting in the sporting world,
and the bet was flembleil between Mr. Thorn, for his
keeper, and the Captain. The spot seb-cted to start
from on this match was within four links of Nlaiden-
Head Ticket, on • the road to Oxford, and rich had Ina
pony end his auitcrsary's friend as an um I.re. Capt.
Thornhill, bent his course towards Hare hatch, on tie
It.:adoug road, and had good pheasant sport, and from
thence oo to. Hurst Nlatior, a distance of ablon
Ile had 32 shots. and haqeeil 11 pheasants, 14
lairtrillges, anti hares. Strung directed his course
towards Ilenley Mills, by the late Gen. Conway's Park.
and nom thence he crossed the Thames to the Ox:Oril.
shire 111113, and cln.tsl his da)'s labour there. lie
bagged nine hares. seventeen partridges, and three rhea-
.ants, in 28 shots, and lost th..: match by mite
There were smite heavy even Isets pending. Mr.Thoro.
101 l has long been considered the best shut in the county
of flatus.

Friday afternoon the neighbourhoo.l of Nnrton.Gtl-
eatr was thrown into the greatest consternation anti
alarm by the cries of fire, winch proceeded from toe
lonise of Nlr. oil -tad colout titan, w•it.ch orw-
'sated under the I illowing circnittstance,:.—N I
was attettilitia a pot containing smite stirtit-II whirls
Was Iwnlin,e on the tire in the back ',allot'''. a• id by some
means the Cess.•l w.t. upset, and in all iti.lano . Irs. K.
was envelovoil ill 114.11 es—it.. i• :bricks her Mts.
hand to-her aisist.mee, trim, in elide:A*omo.! ut eXtIll•
Jutish the Il.tm. s, was so crcis 1ntr0..... tI Knight
fall lido the yard 5.1.1-U1411J..31 t. rim, and tut her way
through the flutes s7.t file lit sw.tt
tine, wh.cit stood by, and httrit with hitt greatest rat N.
dity. titreatenitu: not tl destruction :tithe whole
botanists]. At length the pats ' and other ctit.ttnes at.
cited, and 'lasing a I.leillifial supply ot water, it wog got
under witbnut sideadmi lortl,er titan the part its
watch it began. Sir Wits. Illizard w.ts iittnetitately
sent for to attend Mrs. littiitht, who was introit in a
most dreadful manner, and little hops. are eutertained tri
her recovery.

Vo6tartot•

LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 25.
Three o'clock, p. mt.

We have received the Paris papers to the 41st
instant. The intelligence contained in them is of
little moment. it is stated among the articles of
foreign news, that the Emperor Alexander and the
Grand Duke Nicholas arrived at Warsaw cn the 3d
Inst.; and the Pt :es are sanguine in their belief that
the consequences of this Imperial visit %%ill be highly
beneficial to their country.

A revolution has occurred in the Ministry of the
Ottoman Porte; and it was executed in the sudden,
showy, and meladramatic style, which so often dis-
tinguishes the movements of arbitrary -power. Ilia
Highness announced a grand levee to be held; the
Ministers repaired to it ; and before you could say
44 Jack Robinson" the Mufti {or Lord Chief Justice
of Turkey) was turned out of (Ace. short time
afterwards three other Ministers were deposed—the
Grand Master of the Caremonica, Minister of the
Interior, and Grand Marshal. The poor Grand
Admiral was accused of •mations crimes, sentenced,
stneigled, anA thrown into the sea. The bow-string
is yeqr only "radical" at Constantinople; it re.
terms (not the Parliament, it is true, but) the Mi-
nistry, beyond tilt relapsing, and now and then'• the
sultan himself:

A Dutch mail inthrms us, that the' Belgic•Legiit-
/attire was opened by commission on the 18th, at the
Hague. The opening speech presents no striking
isages, nor any unexpected topics. The spirit of
peace which animates the several Governments of
Europe is dwelt upon with becoming satisfaction ;
the ti,w code of laws is described as about to be laid
before the States General ; the economy of Govern-
ment is much boasted of; the impossibility of
r.alueing the military establishment is lamented;
the good harvest, extending manufactures, and im-
proving colonies, are selected us subjects of cor4;ra-
tulatiett; as d, notwithstanding the de‘:ree to which
trade has suffered, the general condition of the
Naliellands is affirmed to be such as leaves their
inhabitants nothing to envy in that of other coun-
tries, and nothing to grieve at in their own.
A private letter from Paris says—" The Princess
of Wales, who was at Fountainbleau on Tuesday the
19th, has taken the road to Dieppe, as it is bail,
without passing by Paris. It is stated that the
I,strign Governor of Milan granted her a passport
Without knowing her, thinking he was giving it to
her maid of honour; and it apwars, that in this
manner her Highness travels, whose whale
1 fc is marked by episodes more or less romantic."

Letters from Jamaica, dated Sept. 2, state, that
the yellow fever has been severely felt in that isluod.
The troops in particular have suffered much. A few
days previous to the date of the letters, Colonel Hill,
of the 50th regiment, the oldest person in the corps,
and who had been 47 years in it, fell a sacrifice to
his humanity. It is said that it arose from the men
refusing to act as nurses to their comrades in the
beapital, thr all those who had done so had invariably
died. After tome pause, four private's of the grena-
diers offered their services, which were of course
aceepted. Two of them in a short time becanae•vie-
tints to the dresulful.effects of the pestilence, when
the other two -instantly withdrew their te4istance.
This hopeless state of things did not long remain,
for Cul. Hill exclaimed, " Then, my men, we must
change our coats; shoe cannot find a man in my
regiment to attend a sick soldier, I must do it my-
self." Many days did not elapse ere this noble-
sui nelednffieer was hiruseli attacked xith this dreadful
malady, which terminated with his death. FL was
universally respected, and Lis rouaina were fol-
lowed to the grave ell the officers snd men t f the
regiment whose health permitted their doing so.
MANCTIESTFII, OCT. 20.-1 am sorry to
you, that the italkals intend to call another meeting
here on the Ist of. Noveruber. They are 44fil'elY
procuring signatures to a requisition. They will
meet no more at St. Peter's-field but on the waste
gruuu4 near
.St. G;urges-church.