The National Register.
London, England, 1816-08-04 00:00:00

THE DELUDED IRISH COINERS.

The three It ishmen lately stated to have been inveigled by
conspirators, and convicted of coining, still remain in Newgate.
The following is the account they give of the transaction :
Thomas Connell, who is about 15 years of age, and James
Quin, who is about 20, are natives of Headfort, in the west of
Ireland, and have been in England about ten months. They
left home iu consequence of the difficulty of obtaining any em-
ployment, and the poverty of wages when employed, which, in
that part of Ireland, is generally not more than 6d. or Bd. a day
for the most severe agricultural labour. Hence they emigrated,
and in the hope of being enabled, through a better remuneration
for their labour in this country, to spare something for their
aged pareuts (each of which is encumbered with a large family)
to assist in paying their rent. Both are extremely ignorant,
and, as may be presumed, very imperfectly acquainted with
the English language.
Dennis Reardon, who is about 18 vears of age, was born in
the vicinity of Timm, anti was urged to emigrate by the saute
considerations as the other two. He hail been only three weeks
iu England at the time he was taken into custody. To this
youth, whose r'mplicity is obvious, one of the conspirators
(Barry) first applied at the market in Cheapsidc, where the
day fabourers assemble to wait for employment. But Reardon
being totally ignorant of the English language, Quin became
his interpreter. Barry then asked Quin himself whether he
wanted a job,telling him that be would also hire his companion,
Connell, who stood beside him. 'The three were accordingly
engaged ; but each having a hod and shovel, in expectatima of
being employed by bricklay CfP, fur whom they usually worked,
they were told by 'Barry, and two of the other conspirators, to
leave their hods and shovels at home, as they would have no
occasion for them. The conspirators accompanied the prison-
ers fur some distance on their way home to Guiden-lane, where
they lodged. On leaving them, the conspirators desired the
prisoners to get some breakfast, and to meet them again at nine
I o'clock at Cupplegate church. The parties met according to
appointment, and proceeded together to the room in Moor-yard,
where they were immediately set to work in filing copper.
This copper was cut by scissors into the form of buttons, by
Barry and another conspirator, who is not yet iu custo.ly. Two
of the prisoners were 'tarnished with a tile each, and directed
to tile the edges of these copper pieces, while the third was oc-
cupied iu rt.bbing each piece with sand paper. Thus the con-
spirators and the prisoners were employed till about one o'clock,
when the prisoner (Council) expressed a wish to go with his
comrades to dimmer. But, upon this expression, Bat ry and his
coadjutors ',MI they should not go, us they lied pruvid -d for
them a better dinner than they were likely to get at home.
With the professed view of bringing this dinner, Barry inune.

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diattly left the room, 6111.1 the other conspirators farnal d, sa•
ing that they would rein with the dinner. lint the conspira .
tors had not been absent above five minutes when Brock and
itelham, with the Police officer, Taylor, entered, and took the
prisoners into en,tody,
6iarli is the 1111011l111911q statement of thn prisoners, confirmed,
a, we have alreath said, in every material point by the coact.
~1 the conspintiors. priamerc satisfactorily account
the n' Inger in which they have been einaloyed since their
arrival in Eng: intl and several respectable bricklayers, under
whom Connell and (1in..., worked, have voluntarily ribose for-
we'd to bear u.stilnony cm their industry and honesty. itnerdon,
Navin, been only three weeks in England, is not of course so
welt known. •

His Royal Highness the Duke of having condescend-
ed to !Jerome Patron of the Dartford Mete A:sociatiott, in
connexion with the British and Foreign Bible Society, honoured
the first annual meeting with his presence on S.aturda♦
se'smi7ht. The place occupied on the occasion, was the spa-
cious Steam Engine Maunfactory Is-longing to Mr. John
which was fitted up with every suitable accommodation, highly
to the pleasure and Natisliketion of 1.14 Royal Higlmes% and the
convenience of a sexy numerous mind respectable assemble.
His Royal Highness addressed the meeting at considerable
length, with much (mercy and effect; noticing the results
which are sure to he effected by a mare gen^ral diffusion of
the Scriptures, particularly among the lower orders of society;
and expressed his cordial concurrence in the object and ten-
dency of Ruble Associations, the good to he effected by them
as resulting from the combined energies of all elassns towards
effectuating by their instrumentality the conversion of those
who " •talk i I darkness mina have no light," and ultimately the
Conversion of the heathen world.—The Report stated. eve in
the course of seventeen months, 1631. 9s. hail been collected,
7;1 2+. of which arose from contributions of ono penny and
two-pe.me per week. On first canvassing the tows, no less
than :1J fatuities were found destitute of thft Scriptures ; and
121 Bibles and 91 Testaments had been distributed up to the
present time. The number of persons present was between
seven and eight hundred.

CHILD no isTisn.—Elizabeth Hunter and Rebecca Jervis
were arraigned at the Essex Assizes upon an indictment for
stripping a child naked and roasting it before the fire until it
was badly scorched anti burned. The unfortunate child was
ono put not to them by the parish.
Wednesday evening, as Mr. Brown. a pendant-maker. in St. John'e-
stre:t, Clerkenwell, was sitting in his shop at work, he suddenly clapped
his hand to his forehead, saying. " Good God, what ails me ?" and al-
most immediately expired. The servant was di.spiitchu.l to inform hiss-
daughter, who lived in Falcon-square; and on her return, in her hurry.
she stumbled over a loose stone in the street. and broke her arm and
dislocated her collar-bone. She was carried to St. Bartholomew's hos-
pital.
A short time since Mins Sarah Butler, dau Thter of Sir R. Butler,
Bart. of CSarrylturden, Carlow, amusing herself in a swing, fill on hoc
head, and was so dreadfully injured, that she died in two days.
Mr. Myer, is trade,enan of Chatham, was recently found hanging is
his wash-house, and every effort to restore animation prov_al inc
The evidence adduced on the inquest enablNl the Jury to bring in a
verdict of Lunacy.
Same morning a man lodging at the Eight Bells, in Little Denmark.
street, put a period to his existence by hanging hims-dt.