The National Register.
London, England, 1820-09-17 00:00:00

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• A few days ago a select bawl of St. Nlartin's
Youths, at the metal toys manufacturin,, and com-
mercial town of Birmingham, ascended' their St.
Martin's Gothic Tower, anti pertimmed an liereu-
lanean task, on their ring of twelve bells, in a peal,
on that most intricate composition New Treble-Bob-
Maximo:4: comprising 7,200 harmonious changes,
being the ingenious composition of Mr. Thomas
Thurstans, who conducted the same, and was nobly
brought round in five hours and eight minutes, the
tenor weighing 36 cwt. in the 1)old key of D. flat.;
this is the greatest completion upon 12 bells on re-
cord.

Change Ringing.—On Saturday, September
was rang at Bishops Stortfhrd, Herts, the iiefit Peal
on the 10 bells of that church, by th.:!. Junior Com-
pany of College Youths, front London, who rang
completely 5039 Grandsire Caters, in three hours
and twenty minutes, conducted by H. Symondson.
On the night of Monday week the family at
Freame-mount, the seat of William Mayne, Esq.
were alarmed by a loud barking ; they armed them-
selves, and sallied forth, guided by a fitithful dog,
to a barn or out-houso, where to their astonishment
they found concealed seven fellows, completely
armed, who, trusting to their superior numbers
(the searchino• party being only three), instantly
rushed out ail attacked them, and would have over-
powered them, but for a young gentleman who hap-
pened to be on a visit at the house, who hearing the
noise, rushed out, armed with a sword, and from
his dexterity in the use of the weapon, succeeded in
severely wounding two of them, which so terrified
their companions, that they instantly fled, but were
pursued to the house of a suspicious character,
named Patrick Hart, where they *ere all effectually
secured, and were safely lodged in Monaghan gaol.
Another elopement took place on Tuesday last
from a villa near town, which has given serious alarm
to the relatives of the young lady, who are respect-
able characters in .life, and of good fortune. The
young gentleman, who is only c2e years of age, was
thereabout three weekson a visit, the young lady's
brother and be being schoolfellows. The young
lady is only turned 16 years of age. AU the trace
obtained of their is, that „on Tuesday last persons
of their description took a hackney coach near the
Plough & Harrow, at. Newington, into which they
put two light bundles,
.and drove to the Bell Ina,
Hollxsru, where they alighted, as if waiting to go
by a stage coach. After remaing there a very short
time, they got into another coach and drove off,
whence they have . bathed all endeavours to trace
them, .although the parents, wluS are inconsoleable
for her loss, have offered a very handsome reward for

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intelligence of them.
Mr. Prise, a gentleman formerly in the law, and
who resides in the vicinity of London' met with a
dreadful accident on !-'uturday last, by falling off the
roof of the Wellington stage coach, whilst chatiging
horses ut the ship, in Clielnasfbrd. The unfortunate
gentleman had both his legs broken in a most shock.
ing manner, one of them in two places; indeed, so
bad were the fractures, that doubts were at first
entertained whether his life could possibly be saved,
without amputating one of his legs. Mr. Price is,
however, doing well. lie lies at the Queen's head.
Mr. Price bears his sufferings with almost unparal-
lellcd resignation, indeed, we may add, even with
cheerfulness.
A yeTig man, of a very distinguished family in
France, whose name is not mentioned in the French
papers, has been condemned by the Tribunals of
Paris to five years imprisonment, and-ten years de-
privation of civil rights, fur stealing a gold snuff-
box, and a watch from hotels where he toot

ings.
A deplorable event took place at Fontainbleau
lately. A fine young woman, the mother of a
family, cherished by her husband, surrounded
by every thing that could make life dear, yet
snatched herself from it in a moment of mental
alienation. Married at sixteen, she lust an intact
at eighteen, and at the same time the use of her
reason. - Having recovered, she became fur thirteen
years the delight of her husband ; but for the last
year her reason had been again unsettled, end her
husband and sun had set out on a journey to the
south of France tor the recuvery of her health.—
They had only made one day's journey, when, sit-
ting by her husband cud sun, contrived to steal
from the pocket of the latter the fatal instrument
with which she terminated her existence.
At the Perth Circuit Court, William Wighton,
rum Nlontrese, was placed at tile bar, charged with
having forged a bill; in May, 1819, on It. Tullo,
farmer at Onrachy, for ilOOl., and uttering the‘same
in May 1810, knowing it be hirged. Time prisoner
pleaded Not Guiity ; and a number of witnesses
being called, who eloarly proved the libel, the jury
retired tin a short time, end returned a verdict tind-
iiig him Guilty of " uttering the bill libelled, know-
ing the same to be forged." After an impressive
addiess from Lord Nleudo% bank, be was sentenced
to be exceuted at Perth on Friday, the ;;Uth oetu-
ter :lex:.