The National Register.
London, England, 1814-09-11 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL R,EGISTER.

PRO 1'1NC1.1145.

Monday sennight, Capt. Barclay. of the 4'21 regiment, brother to
the celebrated pedesttian of that name, run eight miles in fifty-eight
minutes, tor a considerable wager The ground was measure:l, on
the banks ut the canal, at Dublin. from Niarun's factory to the Spa.
The time allowed by the bet was an hunt, and the Capt.in won
without difficulty.
EXTR AOR DI NA RY \UNICA L GENII:S.—TiIe Plymouth Chronicle,
of Tut sdny List states, that there is now residing in that t0...n
Master ‘ti nitcomite, aged only eleven years. and a half, who.
nn-
t iu musical composition, has prodoee.t several piece.; in
Score, dedicated by perinksion, to the inimitable Cat alani ; a few
days since he r«Tived a challenge to compose for a full Orchestra,
mnAcal parts to accord in harmony with a given MISS 'Phis
Challenge he accepted, and he was locked up in a room with only
pen, mk, and paper ; the givtn Bass was produced, and without
any assistance tins cluld of Nature produced, in about an hour, a
complete nitbical scores, % iz. two violin parts, two (lulu parts, two
halm parts, a tenor part,' and obuse•part ! This astonishiw, •etfort
juvenile genius was performed at the house of Mr. Wingett, in Old
Town, Plymouth.
ELOPE.SI ENT.—AbOllt a fortnight since the wire of a tradeswan
in the neighbonrhoed of Itu,ntOrd eloped, •eaving her husband :,ml
six Ninall children behind her, but takinz with her about :rot. in cash.
She was on Tuesday last traced to a lodging to Kennington, where
she was residing with a Serjeant of the, Waggon Train. The easy
husband requested she would return with him. and promised all 'he
past shoild tte forgiaten ; this, however, she refused to do, but ie.
turned t stn 251. of the cash she had taken. and advised him to gu
home aLd make himself comfortable with his children.

579

of a snore retnarkOde person than
Mention is made io a hook
Joanna Sontheotr, but
Atf‘a. latiesl(;i,t,l
auttoedc7lati,nivitaos
it;l,i)rnagel,!etst:o—b‘e'dl‘leit;
Ellis, of Beatimaris, in
10th, 1776 ; she had been married 46 years, and her eldest was 45
y airs old. Site had not ha:i a child for 15 years before."
Tuesday last, Elizabeth Coma' arias Myersivicr‘asslitoluf, nearenniao n
Dennison, two
n,.10. ions impostor., were apprehended at
where they had been imposing on the credulity of the inhabitauts.
Cozens ittsited hand bills, purpor7ing that she was a Doetress, born
deaf and dumb, the daughter of Alexander Myers, a very learned
and emissent physician, who was born in Lancashire. and that she
had been instructed by her father iu the moat usetid remedies for
I:. fling the disease!, of mankind. By means of this hand-hill, and
affecting to be deaf and dumb, together wills the assistance of Den_
niacin, who acted as an interpreter, she sold medicines to a consider-
able amonnt ; and mould have escaped with her golden harvest, had
she not been too covetous, and made free with a lady's purse. in
which were two 51. notes and 15'. in 'dyer. They were both com-
mitted to Ilehester gaol, to take their trial at the next assizes for the
felony.—Dnring the examination, the deaf and dumb lady quickly
recovered her speech and hearing; ; and many poor deluded young
wumrn came to the Magistrates with bottles of medicine, for widen
they paid los. citi. 74. ss. and other:mins.
As AIN Lima den, of &lines, was proceeding from thence to Reilfont
on Wednesday evening, he was attacked by three men in the attire of
soldiers, armed with hhoig,eons, who seized and dragged him into vat
Adjoining field, where they robbed him of his watch, on which his Imo,e
is engraved, and two 101. notes; one of which is of theStaines Bank.
and is made payable ut Messrs. Robarts and Co.'s. Not coutem with
this, one of the ruffians took off the coat and waistcoat of Mr. Longden,
and put them on himself ; leaving his own jack-t and waistcoat as a
substitute. They then severely heat their victim and ran off. Mr.
Unladen crawled back to Staines. in a must deplorable condition, taking
with him the jacket and waistcoat of the robber. Intelligence of the
robbery was sent to the Public (Mica, Bow-street, and Bacon, the offi-
cer, was sent to Robarts and Co to stop payment of the notes 11 pun
arriving there, however, he learnt that a 101. Staines note had been paid
that morning, hut whither it was taken from Mr. L-ngden or not could
nor be told,•as Bacon did not know the number. The officers nre now
in pursuit of the rohhers. Ily a button found io the pocket of the waist-
coat left by the ruffian; there is reason to believe they belonged to Om
45th regiment.
EXECUTION OF TUE SHAM PARSON.—Satnnlay sc'nnight, Robt.
Peacock, alias nog. %Mile, alias Rd. Williamson, oliaa Rd. Tho•
mas, alias Win. Whitfield. alias Wm. ‘Vnitmore, on whom sentence
of death was passed at the late Assjzes at Gloucester, for forgery
(he was found guilty at time hist Lent Assizes. jutignunt yea.
tilted), and Geo. Svmea, convicted on live separate indictments—
tour for horse stealing, and one fOr stealing an heifer, were executed
on a temporary apparatus over the lodge of the county goal. Pea-
eork exhibited an uniform repentance and resignation, from the
time of his conviction to the awful moment of Isis !offering. Power-
ful interest had been exerted to pt moire a remission of his sentence ;
and there is nasoo to believe, that he had cherished hopes of mercy
till within the last Emir days. Ile had, during an implisonment of
ten months, daily aroused himself with writing a journal of hi* pro-
ceedings and devotional togagementa : and this task he continued
with unabated composaire till %vithin little more than half au hour of
his execution! At intervals, lie had likewise employed himself in
histroethet his fellow-prisoners.' in their religious duties, and made
considerable progress in enlightening the minds of some of them.
To his fellow-solferer, lie was eminently useful ; and, from great ob.
duracy of heart, he brought him to a :ense of the etWfill change he
was about to undergo. titter coming front chapel, they were en.
;;need for some time in private prayer ; and about one o'clock. they
ascended the platform. where they remained but a few naiades.
without the smalleat ihcaioatirso to address the populace. Peacock,
whose pre,tenee at mind and firmness never forsook hint throughout
the whole of this dreadful scene, shook hands with Spites and the
executioner, to whom he bequeathed a tew shillings, which he said
world be found in his pocket ; and they were lamithed into eternity
in the presence of au immense number of spectators.

By an official report it appears, that in the refolar army
during the year IS ! 1, the deaths were 13,476, and de.
sertions, r 1,07 1 ;
in th• militia, deaths 077, desertions, (2015.
IA 1819, in the regular armv, deaths 16,409, dpsertions
(1004; militia, deaths f.;flo, desertioos 1:A17. in 1815, deaths
18,015, desertions. 6,284; militia, deaths 870, cicsettiuus
1,368.