The National Register.
London, England, 1819-10-04 00:00:00

THE NA rIONAL ittGtSTEIL

NOLA OCHOLY AccIDIINIT.— On Friday a Congaree
Inquest was held at the Birdcage, nu Stamford-hill. over the
body of ajuurneymas plumbers who lost his life while work-
ing on the estate of a. gentleman minted Osborne. by tae
iinprudeat use of charcoal fire. It appeared from the eel-
deuce adduced before the jury, that•the deceased had been
employed in solderinws leaden pipe at the bottom of a well
130 fret deep, which situate is a garden be (meting to
Mr. Osborne, audited lighted a charcoal fire inside the well,
for the purpose of melting the lead, and beating his Woes.—
The lire burnt briskly, when the deceased left the well for
some purpose ur other, and soon afterwards returned.—A
female servant belonging to toe house was shortly after
passing by, when cis/Unity induced her to look down, and
she perceived that the light Was out, and at the same time
heard a insist somewhat resembling the groan of a person in
great pain, but front She great depth of the place, could nut
hear distinctly. She also perceived a vapour of a sudheatiug
smell overdue lug the mouth. Being much alarmed, she
ran for assistance. and returned with-a young male who was
about to descend into the well, but had nut gone down
many steps before be sprang out, fell down, and was dread-
fully convulsed. By this time a number in persons hail col.
Weird towed the spot, lanterns were higbtsxl.iwd beieg sus pend•
ed by a string, were lowered into the well with a view of
ascertaining the situatiou of the unfortunate man. whose
expiring struggles sere now heard very plainly ; butsio bO4iller
were they immersed into the wrll,lllau they were instantly
extinguishedby the noxious vapour, and the by-slanders %me
in the greatest peep!, xity, as none dined venture down ur
knew in what minuet to act, until a painenger directed
them to make use of the only effectual measure whit h can
be used %moil such OCCUM. for divsipating the impure gas—
namely, by throwing duets water, which was immediately
dour, and taw young man who had first ventured to descend,
again went down with a rope. The vapour, however. was
not entirely gone, and upon reaching the bottom it was with
great difficulty that he could holir:iis breath long enough to
elle the rope to the body of I t deceased, soh he found
lying upon his face. The body was instantly dragged out,
and every medical endeavour wits owed to restore orientation,
but without elect. The Jury, after a patient enquiry into
the eircumetances, foetid a verdict of Accidental Death.—
The deceased,. we are taformed. bee left a wife and six
small children to mourn his INS, in whose behalf a subecrip-
tionhas bees§ raised laud we are sorry to add. that the young
Mall who so courageously ventured into the well has ever
'nice been seriously indisposed from the elects of having
imitated the gas.
laF taints -Scant.--On Monday afternoon, about four
o'clock, one of those occurreuces which are alike a disgrace
Joibuiuso nature, as to civilization, took place in Smithfield.
An ill-looking diminutive fellow, of apparently low and
prodigate habils,entered the market, leading, by a halter
round her neck, his wires and followed by a numerous crowd
of persons. The pour female, .who evioeed some theme at
thus vile exposers., was muscular, as compared to her hus-
band, and pnssessitsg. an advantage of nearly two feet in
height beyond her dwarfish companion, her countenance and
manner betrayed evident signs of better wow and decency.—
The wretch placed her near the Rain-inns and there, amidst
the disgust of some, and the laughter of others, put her up
for public sale. Ile (orgasme time attempted in vain to obtasu
a bidding fur his w ife, until, at length, the sum of 2a. ld. be iug
offered, the sale gradually increased as high its 15e. At this
'Dowell' the mull nude had considerably increased, and the
noise, disgust, and laughter excited drew to the spot • some
of the city officeis, who speedily terminated the barba-
rism scene, by sexing the wile, untwistins the halter from
about her neck,and yingber away to a place of safety.
W hat cosainhated to the atrewity of this shameful exhlbtion,
was the eircuusstauce of .a gar od-lookieg young woman, the
daughter of the wife, standing, or rather clinging too her
mother, during the shameful spectacle.. To retidet the tieing
still more atrocious, the parties, it seems, had been married
.12 years ! The moister escaped amidst yells of 'disgust and
abhorrence. The officers should have seized the was, who
is punishable for a misdemeanor.
MEL•wcu.ostr OCCURRENCE.—An Monday lea, the
two eldest boys of C. A. Elton, Esq.. (Abraham and Charles,
about 14 and 13 years of age), who, with the rest of the family,
were spending some time at Weston-super-Mare. went to a small
island near the bathing spot. .called• Birnbeck, the passage to
which is dry at low water : here the young gentlemen were
amusing themselves by searching for small fish-shells, &c.,
when the tide, which steals round the island Assam impercepti-
bly. overtook them, andionned a junction, which cut of their
retreat. In this situation they were seen by a young lady, who
made signs to them of their danger, and gave an alarm. In their
attempt to.reach the shore, the youngest was carried *used' his
depth, when the eldest, whiseras not in so much danger, stripped
and drilled to the rescue of his brother t the tide, however.
(which in this place rushes like a mill pood),.was gaining ray
on them, and in spite of every exertion, they were bunt enveloped
in the flood. 'Ellen bodies have not yet been discovered ; though
the jacket of the eldest has been picked up.
SittlUDLlsas...Thuralay morning last, a tall. young man, of
sallow aomplexion, dressed in the extreme of the hellion, went
to the shop of a watchmaker in St. James's-street, and having Se.
laud a very expensive gold watch and appendages. he gave a
check for the amount on Greenwood and Co. army agents. signed
T. W. Bligh, Captain Celdstreun Guards." prom his detail:lg
extetior, no suspicion was entertained•until the cheek was pre-
sented, and declared to be a forgery. There is a Captain. Nigh
is the Coldstream. whose name. it seems, thisswintiler had as-
sumed on several other occasions. The tradesmen, in his inqui-
ries, ascentined that the pretended captain was nothing but a
dandifiedjourneyntandallor..
Infornia•ion was given at Lambetb-street, Police
Office, on Friday, of a young mars, of gentlemanly als.
pearance, who travelled in a single horse Cilalgt Ail!) a
servant along with him, hating passed several forged
live pound Ralik-notes at different put.lic houses in the
neighbourhood of Barking, in Essex. lie first called at
the Greengate, and 1 u7cliased two bottles of wine, passed
a forged five-pound note its pa) Meal, and got the change;
he neat called at the Amity Arms, and had two
bottles ino.e, which he took iiil/11A with him, gate
another forged five 'mond note, and got the ellange.—
lie subseq teutiy called at the Peril:inn:a, where he hail
sou bottles more, and got the Cilail6C Ile p.issed up-
wards of iwt ttiy notes of the same eie,criptuni at diffe el t
'midge houses in that IltighbOUrnlKKl; all the same day,
311(1 in a similar manlier ; several of the sullcrers are in
pursuit of hini.
CaUTlON.—There are some fellows hawKin2 apples
shout Pentonville, and the neighbourhood, with •11 ass
I and cart, who take ati opportunity of twisting off ilie
hells at the front of the houses that have a garden beh,r,
them, and thieving them. A case occurred on Freda,,
when, on pursuing them, the bell was found at the Lut•
tom of the cart, hid outlet a sock.