The National Register.
London, England, 1821-10-15 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

hail been Imind in Enropeosho had never seen the Bible,
neither had they heard the Word of Ood in their native
language. He alluded to the Norwegian Swedes. The
Bible Society had led them to the spirit of the divine
writings; the same blessings had been extended to the
Oreenlandera and Eseiiinaux.
The Rev. Mr. LEE sin/ported the principle upon which
: Female Associations were founded, and proposed to este-
bli.h ten Female Associations to be in connexion with the
City of London Ladies' Branch Society.
The motion was carried.
The Rev. Mr. Powet.i. then said, "I beg leave now to
introduce to your notice two illustrious strangers who, I
son sure, loan• heard its this day with the greatest plea-
sure. are the Chiefs of lour trines of the North
American and their residence is in Upper Ca.
WAR, not far f the Falls of NW :Ma. Their object in
coming to England is to settle with our Government some
claims Of settlements, within their own territory ; and as
they are strangers from a tar comitry, we are delighted to
know that they are friends of humanity, and friends of the
BIWA!' and Foreign Bible Society. One of them has been
in the British are vice. The senior Chief, who stands be.
tore him in regimentals, is Brimil, who did ranch good in
the American war. 'Die lemon ot the other Chief is Carl,
and he wishes to address you, and express his uwu ob-
servations."
The youthful and warlike Chief, lit the dress of a Mo-
hawk Indian, then astonished the audience, by addressing
them with elegance in correct English. He expressed
pleasure at being present at the meeting, and observed,
that lie should be happy to become a promoter of the
object the Bible Society had in view among his country-
men. He should inforia them of all he had heat i.

the Rev. Mr. CLAYTON ridiculed the idea of indelicacy
which had been affixed to the duties the Ladies hail to
performs. There was neither indelicacy nor difficulty.
Difficulties were started at tines by persons which really
had 110 existence ; but Ladies were nut to be discouraged
by what others said—they ought to go on until they found
difficulty. If they would look to the folios of Dr. Julmsou,
they would lied net-work a most difficult Mims, but per-
:laps they knew it was easy. The learned Doctor gav•
the followhig detiuitiou:—
••
,Vet-murk.—Any thing reticulated, decnssateil, at
equal instances. A texture woven with large interstices
or meshes."
—(This quotation occasioned a laugh.)—Could any thing
appear more complex at first sight, yet every one knew
there was not much difficulty no making a cabbage-net.
lie advised Ladies to persevere in the good object they
Mid in view, and they would have uo lesson to regret
they had entered upon the service.
The Rev. J. P. W AILLY , Chaplain to the King of Swe-
den, eulogized the Institution, and moved that the Asao.
elation be at liberty-to add to their number.
After several other Clergymen had spoken in support of
the proceeding, thanks were unanimously voted to the
worthy Chairman, who returned thanks, expressing the
pleasure he Shollid feel at all times to second the good
intentions of the meeting.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN SEAMEN'S SOCIETY
AND BETIIEL UNION.

On Wednesday evening last the anniversary public meeting
of the above most excellent society, which has for ifs im-
portant object the dilution of the /tidy Scriptures arid reli.
gious principles among seamen, by establishing floating
chapels, was held at the City of London Tavern. The great
room was tilled almost to sad'. irati eeee by a most respectable
assemblage o lathes and gentlemen; and so numerous were
the persons who could not obtain admission that the repurt
of the society's proceedings fur the last year was read in the
large dining-room below, which also was filled with persons
of both sexes.
On the raised platform in the principal room the Royal
standard writ displayed, rind on each side the blue Bethel tag,
with the word" Bethel" inscribed. Several beautiful models
of naval ingenuity were exhibited in the course of the
evening.
At lutlf past six o'clock the Right lion. Lord Gambier,
K. C. 11, took the chair amidst warm applause. He was
supported by several reverend and naval gentle uen. The
noble chairtuan bricily addressed the meeting by emigrant-
latiag them uti the cu.ninlieireiirg of the Institution, and on its
progiess.
The report was then read by the Secretary, and pre-
sented a gnat y ing detail of the labours id' this sots h.q.
which appear mu have ellected great and lasting good
for seamen, Many instances, snnie of an affecting nature,
eve read to the meeting hr support of the utility of the
last it whin.
On the report biing read, several geottemen addressed the
assembly in furtheraii:e of the society, which appear‘ to be
in a lauriiiiing condition.
Tile usual routine of business having been gone through in
the selecting of officers, &c. thitoki were voted to Lord
Gambier.inarlto expressed his acknowledgments, and the
nutting broke up.

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On Saturday last an inquest was held ut the
Kamalas in the parish of !lay up, iu the comity of !indoor,
before Edward Meredith, Esti, one of the coroners fur the
r 00000 ity, for the purpose of:ascertaining how Arthur Bedward,
late of the parish of Beguildy, tailor, (who was Initial 'Mown
ono a ditch leadinA fl Knighton to the Lluyney) on the
Friday morning precedim came by his dearth; and after a
patient and attentive csaininatimi of the caw, the jury re-
turned a verdict of Wilful Murder against Samuel Harley,
of the parivli of Knighton, bloomer, and he aas committed
to the Cilatinnitil gaol ut Pia steigii lii take hi, trial fur the
cilliC. Ti.e deceased Willi an elderly man of the age of 60
sir ispia ;tidy, and was murdered as lie was going home from
hotAlnon market on the Thursday night, between the hours
of ten and eleveu ; he has left a a Maw and tea children to
has untimely end. On Sunday Samuel Hurley cut his throat
with a rasor su the plisuu, and nu hopes are eon:named of
his recovery.
Cbittous SiPaiste or WATErt..—there is at present
at a place called Caw, to the county of Londonderry, a
sycamore II Ve which COnt.llll6 a well of excellent Irish
tvater. At the height of live feet, the trunk is
allow eighteen inches in diameter; at seven feet ii seems
to hate separated into two branches of equal thickness,
our of which has shut up to a very considerable height,
twenty ur twenty live feet perhaps; from that part. of the
trunk from whien a correqxmiling bowers is supposed
once to h ive grown, issues a stream of ezcelleiu water,
perlectly cord and clear, which never fails, even in the
honest weather or Inugi lit drought: the tree seeing per-
fectly licaltliy, aiel in lilt iirl3lll

MURDER NEAR ROMFORIE
APPREHENSION OP TOE MURDCREII.--0040111's
PiQUENT, &c.—We are happy lll have it in our power to
state, through the exertions of the local/ police of Rumford,
&r. this delinquent has bre,' apprelseuded. He was taken in
'bed at a tavern at Gravesend, nad conveyed fwefore the
Mayor, before a hum be was examined on Saturday last.-_
'l'lw prisoner, whose Hann. is Motel Seward, is a dark ill.
flavoured man; he is shout 24 yams of age. He was charged
with the a illut murder of John Ballard, by calling and stab.
hiag him in live different pat is of the body. On the prisoner
being brought to the Town Hall at Gravesend for examina.
lion, thousands of persons had assembled, anxious to catch
a glimpse of the accused. The evidence against him was
the 3 oung woman whom he funnel ty courted, and who %%as
in the company of the deceased when the prisoner stabbed
him. The following is her evidence ;
Mary Smith return. She ails servant at the VVlaitemborse
Tuveru, at Chad% ell, which is Maim two miles from Rom.
ford. She knew the prisoner; he had at one time paid his
addresses to her. She knew the deceased, Ballard; at the
time of its death he was her lover. Oil IVerbiesilay last she
went with the deceased to 'Gotthard, to see the statute fair;
a hale she was there in the fair she observed the primmer fol-
lowing them from one p art of the fair to :another.—At eight
o'clock the deceased and herself returned hum Romford
towards Rusts-green, and there 11101 the primmer. He said,
"Mary, I a ant to speak to yon." She replied, "speak,
then, I can hear pm." Ile rejoined " I want to speak a
aunt privately to you." She ails% creel " a bat you have to
Si. yto toe speak amt." Ile refused to do so; and entreated
her iu knee the deceased and walk aaide, nod hear what he
had to -ay. She wrist up to the prisoner, some short distance
fi um the place where the deceased stood, and prisoner begged
site would quit the deceased; she said that she
wank! 1101 ; that she did not a ish his (the prisamet's) cam.
pan> ; she had alone a ills him, and requested him to leave
her. He &elated that he %mild not, and Beelibeti greatly
agitated; he coiled her vile mimes, and said that she was
as w—e, and she knew it. Deceased stepped up, on hearing
such infamous language, and told the prisoner to go about
his busbies& The prisoner appeared very furious, and seemed
inclined to du her some harm; lie used the grossest language,
rasa towards her, and then the deceased took him by the Col.
tar, and a scuttle immediately ensued. The prisoner struck
the deceased a blow, which was returned by the deceased,
and they fought two or three muds. 'file deceased appeared
to have the best of the tight, and at the thud scutio, the de-
ceased cried out " he has murdered sue ! he has cut out my
bowels!" and pat his hand to his belly, to pretreat his
(mach§ protruding. There being a number of houses near
the spur, she alarmed the inhabitants by cry iug " Mairdse."
The prisoner roil oil before assistance arrived. The deceu*d
walked a short distauce, and then was carried to the Crown
Tavern, Waveriux Well, She did not see a knife in the
pi homer% hand at the tame of the scale.
After the above evidence had been received the prisoner
was delivered by the Mayor into the custody of Adams and
Finch, the constables of Rosufurd, on their producing a *ar-
rant under the hand nod seal of Talbot, Esq. the
mantistrate of Rumford.

Oil Saturday evening the prisoner was taken to Romford
he slept in the gaol at night, and on Sunday morning he wits
token to the police-office, before Talbot. Esq. and
- Sterru, Erg. the coroner,
An inquest was held on the body; of the deceased at the
Crown Tuvern, Havering Well, before Mr. Sterry ; and in
addition to the evidence of Mary Smith, tile following was
adduced

James Baskett sworn.—lle is a shoemaker residing at
Romford. He had known the prisoner fur some years, they
had worked together fur a considerable time; but 01st re-
cently. Wednesday last the ',Huker came to his house
about five o'clock in the evening, and burrowed a sharp-
pointed knife which he (witness) used for cutting the edges
of shoe roles. Ile said he winged it to cut a stick with.—
lie went away with the knife, lied returned a little rifler nine
the same night. Ile took a seat, and said that he had beets
almost murdered since he went assay. He had not brought
the knife a loch he borrowed back, having lost It; bat be
could pay him two pence fur it. The knife was six inches
long in the blade, with a common wood handle to it. He
(witness) asked a hat had been the matter? He replied that
that be hail been as far as the hurdle maker's at Rush•green,
:Ind had met with a young man and woman, and he talked
to the young woman with the knife in his handond whilst lie
was talking to her, the young man that was with her came
up and struck him, and in the scuttle he lost the knife. The
prisoner then asked him to go us far as the White-horse,
Chadaeil, to learn what was going forward, and what was
doing relative to the quarrel a ith the deceased. He refused
to gii. His (witness's) wife said to the prisoner, " I hope
you have not done any bail act with the knife." The poi.
goner replied," No, unless the man fell on the knife in the
scuttle." Ile (witness) then because alarmed, and ordered
the prisoner to leave the house, which he did.
Mr. Carruthers, surgeon,of Rumford, was examined, lie
described tile nature of the wounds indicted by the prisoner
on the body of the ilecea.ed. There were five wounds ; three
of them acre mortal, one of them was between one and trio
inc. lies in h and depth, across the belly, below the navel,
The July rem' ned a verdict of " Wilful filurdsr against the
prisoner Daniel SC W de"

Between one and three o'clock on Tuesday morn-
ing, some villains broke open the dwelling-house and shop of
Mr. Charles Cooper, grocer, 30, Upper N orth.pluce, Gray's
From a Ica caddy hick was standing on
tattle in the parlour, they took PA sovereigns, OIL iis Bunk
of England and Country mites, 131. in silver, and a foist r
caddy spoon. It aplieurs that they must have remained
considerable time in the house, as they broke open the cellar
and pantry duffs, and regaled themselves in the kitchen i
he bible was found in the morning strewed with cold meat.
bread and cheese, tile, 1% lave, and gin, together with the
bottles iiiid glass's. There nes also u brittle of wine and a
bottle of gin, partly drank, a ill the empty glasses tin a
table hi the parlour. The robbers entered the ►hip. tool
selected grocery and oilier articles, a hick they had parrot at
the situp door ready to be carried all to the ttttt ount of 1001.
A qualitity of pla.e, whirls the villunw had taken fr lttu
pal lour clri,et, 11116 liiMieu in it chest rit ten. from the
magnitude of the primes ty placed at the dour ready to be
taken aa ay, it is supposed they must have had u cart, or
other conveyance tin the spot to curry the goods amity, hut
were disturbed.
There is now growl's; in a garden belonging to'l'ho,
Garstanz, at Hearth% not!, near Blackburn, a hollyhock,
in full flower, the middle branch of which measure. l.t
feet 1i inches high, and two side branches to feet ti such"
high, of this year's growth.