The National Register.
London, England, 1818-05-03 00:00:00

Qt EEN-SQUARE.

.Wm. Major, James Greenfield, Robert Selby, and. Jam es 1
Iwaekton, tour well known and desperate characters, were,
charged by T. Turner, with robbing him of his watch and
34.64. in silver.—The prosecutor stated, that on Tuesday
week. he-went to Tuthill-fields to see the bull bait. He. had
not beta :ong there before lie found hinetellassaitiA by a gaht; of
tellnws, who hustled, and shoved him about, and at last prc-
eeeded to beat him about. the face an] eyes. Ile particularly
Gbserved the four prisoners at the bar, but the most active
was the prisoner, Major; whom4.c knew by theirliaving been
•echeollellows. Major strnek him several blows in toe face,
so that witness repeatedly oc!led.cnt to him, for God's sake
not to kill him, but all in Vrtill, and he belicvm; to inictt have
fallen a sacrifice to their fury, had nut some hamaue per-
sons limited him into a cart jos: as he was sinking and faint-
ing under tln. usage of the prisoners and their pug, which
consisted of _about Vi or When he got into the cart he
Alias Re mire exhausted that he could only say lie had !oat .his
watch, bat could give no areonut of his money. \Viten fer-
•ther ,recovered, he found the prisoner hail taken from him
f;5.134..in silver. Win. Pocock, of William-street, Pimlico,
haker,depomed,that he went onTitesday week, in the afternoon
to see the bell-bait in Tuthill-fields; ..that for the purpose of
-seeing with greater convenient e he got up Lute a cart, u here
he Iwd not been lung befog:: he .aaw the attack cattle upon the
prosecutor by a nmm erons.!,;ang, among the ino,t active of,
which were the four prisoners. He then confirmed the whole
of last wanes/es testimony, adding, that when the prosecutor
was driven by them near the cart he was in, he prevailed with
so:ne porous below 1,0 assist iu lifting prusemnor up, while
witness and others in the cart da..iw liain in, and he uehieved
thereby • saved hit life. T. Hugger, of 1:Ala:a-street , Pim-
:leo, owner of the cart into. which prosecutor was drawn up,
toofirmed the testimony of both the former witnesses, with
the addition, that just as they were about to draw him up the.
prisoner Major made a desperate dash up to the prosectitor'n
_person, seizeti.,!!is walch-ehain, pnlled the watch ont of his
pocket, and called out," I've get it ; I've got it," On which
the whole cane matched of, to the great satisfaction of wit-
ness and all around him. The iv:fainters were fully commit-
ted to hi eweate lot trial.—The whole four behaved with the
graatest.atitlacity, and openly threatened the witnesses to do
them mischief it they appeared agnitiq them.

Leamington, near Warwick, has been almost inundated
during the late rains : the consequent damp of the atmosphere
was co great, that several families, among which were those
of tile Duke of Portland and Lord John Beatiack, were ad•
nsed by their physician to leave theslace.

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Friday, the 7.ltkinst. theComnsisoioncrsofhwekney coaches
convicted the following coachmen : Robert Tnoley, the dri-
ver of N 0.2, in the penalty of ;Ills. for following and chitsing
a gentleman :it Little Chelsea, on the IKtht of April. Henry
Pearse, the• driver of No. 32, in rho penalty of 20s. for being
drutik, and incapable of driving without endangering the life
of his fare, on the 13th inst. Joseph the driver of
No. .1,2011, in the penalty of 214. for Ming drunk and iticap4.
Isle of driving, on the .tl, of April. The drivers of four other
coaches were fined in sundry penalties, for exaction.
A poor man who ritvides in Bid tle.strect, Manchester, was,
a few dad. ago, gathering herbs in the fields, and unfo, to.
timely picked up (it is ,opposed) sonic hemlock, of which ho
ate a part, and his tive children also partook of it, one of
whoni died on Monday evening, and the other. arc still lin.
going nailer the fatal effects of this deadly poison.

At elate sitting of the Royal Inntitnte Of France, M. Biot,
in the conrso of a dissertation on thr ;ern) of the earth, and of
the voyeges for the purpose of discovering it, took occasion
to pass a warm eulogiam on Sir Joscpti Itati!.:l, whom lie
called the Nestor of the s-ientille vs :slid. The notice Int as
received, says the respectable Editor of the ..feti-naldex Debuts,
with an enthusiasm which ti l honour to the auditors. We
agree with the Editor in hi• c•entiontint, which is worthy of
the enlightened libel ality which praises.
W. Okenham, who received sentence of death at iasncoster
Assizes fur forgery, died iu .Lancaster Castle on Thursday
semsight.
The roogregstlow at Hampstead climb were on Sunday
thrown into confusion by cries of in:order, and other picrc
anti ay:Hi:touts of distress, resonuiling from one of the pews.
The service was suspended, and all eyes drawn towards the
spot, mail they were found to proceed from a re's:won:lle
looking woman in a stale of mental derangement. The bea-
dle, Hided by some • gentlemen, at length got her out of the
church. The poor creature confirming to vociferate, that she
had got into a slaughterhouse, and was about to he murdered.
The service was afterwards resumed without further inter-
ruption.

NVeduestiay an iuguest was kld at the London Hospital on the
body oft). Reardon. It appeared from the testimony of several wit.
ne.!es, that the deeensed on Sunday week. after attending an Irish
funeral, got intoxicated, and quarrelled with one Keller, who was
sober, left the house, when the deceased followed him, and was soon
after font d lying on the ground, apparently a corpse. and was taken
to the turpihil ; a surgeon form which stated, that he found a wound
at the base of the skull, which might heve been caused by a blow
from an obtuse instrument, or a fall against the edge of the pave-
ment. Verdict—Died in consequence of a .blow ; but how received
does not appear.
'fhc following singular occurrence took place in Shoreditch chinch
yard on Sunday afterieLut woman brought there the corpse of a
child to heluried ; but after the ceremony was conehaded, and the
corpse laid in the earth. she demurred w payins the fees; upon
which the builder of ." the narrow hauae" again dug up the °atria,
and the woman walked off with it !

Wedimilay as a gentlemen's servant was riditv: a spirited horse
in Finsbury-square, the animal fell, and lulling on his rider, broke
his leg, and otherwise severely injured hint.
At the Ship Inn, et Hastings, a few days ago, a fisherman, far a
trifling wager, attempted to jump upon a table, but his spring only
tarrying him to the eke of it, he fell with great violence, and the
t..ble upon him; wlieretr he was so dreadfully. injured, that he lin-
gered until the next day..and expired, leaving a wife and family to
stifrcr for his indiscretion.

At lia•usgate, on Sunday afternoon. about four o'clock, there was
a most severe hail storm, with thunder and lightning, which lasted
about a quarter of an hour. It was precalcu by an April shower of
heavy drops, aid rather unusual heat, for the season., in the early part
of the day. The hail stums.which f‘ll were of a larger dcscnptiiu
than any ever witnessed by thu (4.1.3 inhabit nt—,maoy of them ac-
tusily inausured tao inches in cireitinf:rerkT, and had themmear-
ane •of solid piece: of ice ; several windows wer2 broken by them ;
and had the wind been high at the time, the destruction in this way
must have been great. The evening proved fine, but the lightning
Wa.i vivid and incessant for some hours.

A schooner has been built at Belfast upon a new -construction,
without any keine timber, breast hocks. brain;, or knees, and with-
out any metal larder water, except her rudder braces, add a few bolts
in her keel. 'TM: advantages which are hoped to be obtained by this
novelLy in naval architecture are—chei4:aess, strength, duration,
tightness, buoyancy, sailing and safety.
'Che b.xly of Afarstral Vey, it:tetrad-hi the eemetry Pere la Chaise,
at Paris. has been taken up arid conveyed to his -country seat, .where
it has been detioited. and an elegant monument erected over it.
A magnificent chinch is erecting in the Rue d'Anjou, Paris,.on
the spot where the itafortutrue Queen of Prance was interred, the
altar of which is placed immediately over the grave.
l'uostiey night a lire was discovered in the upper part of the house
of Mr. Seal, toy-manufacturer, Kent-street, Borougo, which by the
aim* arrival of the engines, and an immed.ate supply of water, was
soon extinguished. A TOO was on tire. its which were six children
in bed, and apprehension.; were entertained Ice their safety ; but they
were all fortursately got out taihurt. The beds and bed clothes were
destroyed.
A daring attempt nt robbery was made on Tuesday-night on the
Watford-z.nd, by two fellow; one armed with a bludgeon and the
other with a pistol. Mr. Wirstron, of Ac.lam-street, Park-N.le, was
returning home early in the Peening %Oren the attack was made, one
holding the home's head whilst the °Vier menaced him with a pistol.
The horse threw the ruffian who held his head and M:. W. rude
away. lle was tired at without effect.
Tuesday night, netwcon ten and eleven 6'clock, Mr. John Doyle,
of Lawrence-street, Bloornsbuf 7, pcsing along Gray's Inn-lane.twas
attacked by a gang of fellaws, who knocked him down and rubbed
him of his watch and hat. _ _ _

Wednesday. about eleven o'clock, a man of very dseent appear-
ance. about the middle age. was obseeved walking some time by the
Paddington car:al./end at length to throw hirmelf into the water. A
bargeman, who w 4..; passing hy, with the assistance of another man,
succoteall in bringingdart out with life. They took him to a neigh-
. Iwurirg pul4::, house, :::ere he was .put to bed. and in the mean
time iuquinesseere made after .1., f:tends, who were traced to Cr' w- .
ford-street, Montague-square.. The unturtunate man was formerly
a publican. but by
.a series of suisfortunea lost all his property, since
which he has been in al state of mental derangement.
Monday ni4,llt, or-early on Tuesday morning. some villains broke
. open the parish ehutch of 'vet., Bums.. :aid stole from the Vestry-
room a silver chalice, a silver parer ornamented in the ecutre, a ad t ice
flagon weighing :3 ounces. and several otherartieles. '
The house of Mrs. Howse, in I. isumplace, Gower-street, was
' broke open on Wednesday night, hy feting the back parlour shutters
and above 40 picas of plate conveyed away. 1 lie robbers effected
an entrance by gettinz over a 16 feet wall from a mews. and they
retired by the'front 'door. Another burglary was committed in r:,_
radiseplace.rortland read. on the same night. at the lionise of M:.
&.immons. by slipping the bobs of .t.1:1 front :nor and picking the
lock. '['he thieves were alaranl by the wivididnews of tlyseviwiat,
and they decamped takii-g away a tea otriy only.
A sinquiar motion was made unWednamay in the Court of King's
Bench, for a rurzelvvis to the governors and company of the Bank
of England, ordering them to proceed to a dividend of all the profits.
It appears that, according to the Arts on which the Bank is founded,
that body has no right to ac.cumulate a capital. But the applicant
has reason to suppose that a capital is retained by the dircetors, of
which. therefore, he demands the partition among the proprietors.
The Court granted a role to chew CaIISC. TilC name of ..11r. Brougn .
em's client did net nprar.

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EcursE.-011 Tuesday next there will be a visible.
eclipse of the sun in London and its vicinity.—lt will
begin on the right hand of the sun's lower limb at
58 minutes after five o'clock, the greatest obscuration
will be at 51 minutes after six, and the whole will
close at 47 minutes after 7in the morning. The suit
will be centrally eclipsed at noon day, in lat. 53,36, north,.
nut total but annular, and will be visible in Russia,
Turkey, and the annular is the most beautiful of
All the eclipses. The digits eclipsed apparent in this
latitude are .4 41. 31 min.

The following intelligence [from Hanover we should
reluctantly believe ..to be true:—" The Censistory in
Aurich has enjoined the Superintendants in the Pro.•
vinces of East Friesland to cause the Clergy and Schot,l..
masters, whenever an opportunity occurs, to in:l4os
upon the minds of youth, the necessity, the value, and
honourable nature of the military profc.ision." We have
no wish to see a military life, held up. to the ardent
passions of youth, as something more peculiarly honour.
able and pr tiseworthy than civil occupations. It argues
badly for the happiness and tranwillity of matik:utl.
States that maintain disproportioned armies are not only
more willing to go to war, because they arc mere ready ;
but they may be often thrced to do so, as a remedy for
thoi,.e. evils at home, which arc so apt to be endangered
by the turbulence and impatience of men who feel that
they are useless when they are not destKoying.
le r Istiows.—lt appe.ers that there are immense
bodies of ice now floating in the Atlantic, as there were
during the last spring and summer. The packet, which -
has arrived from Halifax, saw one CDO yards in height, -
and
.apparently seven leagues in circumference, stand..
lug southward with the current. Capt. Qttercau, of
the Creed Turk, which has arrived at Derry from
New York, states, that on the 15th of February, in
lat. 43. he passed through several immense islands of .•
ice, some miles in extent, and from three to four huts.. •
dred feet high. The ship, with strong westerly gales,
was two days getting clear of them.
norm. ACADEMY.--The annual exhibition of this
splendid Institation was opened en Friday to the Royal
Family first, .and afterwards to the friends of the Kea.
detnicians.and the patrons of the Fine Arts, as usual.
Tire historical pieces are very few, and those not perhaps
in tkat high style of excellence which will jus:ify their •
being classed together, and mentioned here in primity.
The portraits, on the contrary, are most of fient mast
terlv productions, and are rendered still more interest.
hag and important by the eminence of the persons whom
they represent.
There becini to be na doubt that the piracy committal on the Prin-
cess Elizabeth Post-Alec packet from Rio it, Janeiro to Falmouth,
can be brought home to two Spanish merchantmen. By the report
of the people on board the packet, as stated at Lloyd's, it app
pears that the crews con,isted of Spaniards, itp4 that the name of the
ship was understood to be the Five Brothers, and that of the brig
Chico. The Cadiz shipping list.:hews. that on the t,th of Feb. there
sailed from that port for Vera Cruz the ship, Nuestra Scrum de ice
Dolores, alias the Chico llernaanos. (Five Brothers,) Captain l)an
Antonio Larragerty, and the brig San Jose, alias the Ramoreito„
Capt. Don Juan itamon Cortina; and as the outrage was committed
on the 21st of March, in lat. 17. 55. North, and long. 3.5, Sri. West.
it will be seen that the time :did place agree truth the regular course of
these ,vessels.

M KLAN CIIOLY SHlPwar.cK.—By a letter from Iceland, lisp-
pears,,that the ship Aututn, D. Batchelor, master, belonging to Dun-
dee, was wrecked on that island on the night betwixt the 13th anti
29th of October last, when all on board nnut have perisited,:nti only
five dead bodies were found on deck. She was an aucommonly strung
ship, of 330 tons burden, had a crew of 18 people, besides two male
passengers on board ;..and as she sailed font tit:rest ow the 27tli uf
August, being only two months 41. fore on shore at Iceland, it ii con-
jectured that she had been dismasted to the northwartivf Shetland.
during the heavy gales of southerly wind that prevailetl so long at
that time and had bore away for thatjadand.

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CHIMNEY CLIMBING _ABOLITIO.N HILL.—One obsen k to pas-
sing this bill is the imagined necessity of cureing new chininios
they are used. The operation consists.of taking pieces of mortar and
fragments of bricks which 41.. workmen, whet' building chintnie,, lee
fall down onthe sloping part of the Hue (when such exists), and Ij.
we understandr.die cause of much pain to the infant chimney:met p-
en employed for this purpose. order to nrevent ness,eore eerunme
hang, a very simple contrivaare may be 'resorted to: a box tho
dimensions of the Sue is to be eaced in it, and moved up a.; tne
bricklayer places the btits; into .bis box the pieces of mortar,
will fall, and thus no Me wilt be formes!. A model for this purpteu
i:as been deposited in the• Committee-room at the House of Lord::, .
with modelecicontrivances for sweeping ehininies.
As the eldniney-sweepers at this time, and at Christmas, collect
several small aims, it would bean act of great kindness end humanity
in the parish-oficers, or any gentlemen, to receive their little proper..
ty. and place it in a savings-bank, which would ons!:Jr: them to pit. •
cure situations at the expiration of their time. ant' prevent that misery
they then su frequently experience for went of such it5144.11-e.
The Spenc..ans met on Wednesday might at a punlic-house ro
Neweastie-street, pursuant to a notice which had bt en given. :Young
Evans addressed the pasty, and disclaimed cur the suciety.all manta -
ion with the Spafields meetings, and treated Cener.'..tieston" and
his ideas with a degree of ritlicuje. which that di,,nitied niromage wiil
no doubt resell: at a proper tine and place. Ile speke strongly
against the-next Spatields meeting. and exhorted those present not to
go to it thents‘lves, and to use their eminence to prevail upon others
to keep away, as he considered those who called it to be the innocent
stools of ministers; he would not go solar as to say they were in
tile pay of government: but they were playing their genie, as nothing
wanted bat some popular coma:non to enable then to get the
gagging bill renewed, which must otherwise expire in July !
the &wet:trot* .-her: ere,nent patriots; Wntson and Presten were
stated to be reach opposed to the Spencear.s.— Evening, Palier.
8063.011, April ee.—Frern tight until eleven &clock on Sunday
night. this town and the ruseniiourhood were visited by a nio.t
drewdtid storm of thunder did when tholatter 'VAST:IOr.!
extensively thlfuses: titan any that 1:-r.s been witnesses in this per. o;
the kingdom since month of July, tate). During great In:a
the time torrents of rain fell. Ninny sheep, et eposed to have been
f4;lttened by the lightning, were fqund drowned in ditches adjoining
their paselres yesterday morning.
Wednesday night as Mr. lease, was waltdog along James-street,
Oxford-road, in which he re.:,ides, three or four men hustled hire,
and after knocking him down, rifled his pockets of its. tid.
A collector of taxes in the parish of St. Paul, Coventlardea, at
a recent investigation of his accounts, has been found deficient
nearly