The National Register.
London, England, 1813-04-25 00:00:00

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lupousted to have Yanmitted six ourgtaiies. Soon alter his escape fro
this prison, Mr. Aik•ns.. the keeper. recoiYed information that Richer,.
frequeigls went to ash -e-inakes.'s in the neiohhourhood of 111
Fe • tilt's, and havitu n doubt of the correctness of It. he &rec.,-
BeckM one of his 'turnkeys, ro waft!) the shoe-mdker',4 house. Becky
watched repeatelly for sever ti weeks wh •rt on the 6i it lost. about le,
tu'ehiek ni;:ht, he saw fitcharil -on approaching him near the cori.e.
of Tower-street, di- etse tl in two oreat coeds; tie turned down Towe:
street, aod after .9/ .ll,idg .1 few yards, looked behind him, and observe
Becket followitio ; flints which lie tort,. oIF his Iwo "real coats, and se:
toff ninninff v<-iv 1:10. 130eLe! ti growl.' on him, and purtite;:
him till he. got *Jed .street, when a man coining out of
ruh'ic-house ran asort.e.s• and kit eked hin down. Becket
the:. seized hint, nod st a so extremely agitated at the in
solo,. that he woldlly did hot ktiow Recker. „old asked what he wattle,.
with him. lieckot ,renreil and to 'lc hilt) into a public bon-e
where, upon searching. h- '..otsts.l flue him B' 1k so Eodi Ind notes to ti!,
amount of !i'?.il which he olio,: 0! to give to -.set if be woold let hie,
go ; neeket however ref set acceid ut the b W., and cony yed him
to the House of f'orrecti n Ott his a' rival •Iseie. he seeperseid,••
Richardson, fam glad to see rot beck, I tear Lou have ie-en dom.. a
deal of mischief since von have been ono ; irons the w ,‘ in whit It the
AlLtrchi mess of I.).iwnsiore's ritho-ry -as commore(t, I suspect soli
were in that." Richardson reoli-d, " volt hay behave •s•
weli to me. I will n t tell you art untruth ; i .ick,l,,wled,:e 1. was in
that rohhery. and I else tell you all about it " tiove:nor then
asked him, if any, or the wit ile of the property cow() he recovered ?
he replied. it could, if the keeper would accompany Olin it Mr.
seph's, as c uld it her tell !he name of the street, or the insmber
of tin, house where he live 1. fh Keeper agrees), and Went without
deli' in a coach with him, accompaoi• d lov 'ecket and anin: er ot the
turnkeys. 'lle proceeded as 'io,eted isy Richardson to Chandlers.
street, Grosy•inor-sonare, used lit. o:s rate signal at the door of a
house occupied by Joseoh. a Jew ; 'he (bror was opei.ed by .1 '4ephil A
ligh: being procured, Mrs. Jos- nit was asked for two diaiu rings
sthieh Richardson said she earl. and they were part of the properly
stolen from the Marchi •tiess of Diwitshire's house. She positively
delie•S havitirr them : the !must. was Rearched, but the rings were not
found. Fite Keeper mid his brother, the offictir, prtweeded, agreeably
to die eeti•ms ot Riciwrdsoo, in search of others concerned in this
rohherv.--The prisoners were contained for further examination.
Tiso,sday a man was brought front the Sugar Loaf public-house, in
Drury-1;-ine, charged with an assaidt upon a woman, at that house, under
the following circumstnices :—lt appeared that the woman resides on
Wimbledon eiiitint-n, keeps fowls, and had found an egg in one of
her hen's nests. on which she described an inscription to appear, "Buns
znprrte will die this sear." She concluded this was a supernatural cir-
cusustance, and brought it to London to show to her sister who keeps the
Sugar Loaf pidle-house, in Drury-lane : she called her friends and cus-
tomers together to see the marvellous work of nature ; among them was
the man chat ged with the :Issault, who it appeared had been attracttd
to view the extramdindry circumstance, and who, while she was exit'.
bitioog the egg, gave her It blow on her arm, by design, which knocked
the ego out of her hand, and broke it. The avitut s.ies who attended ad•
mined and confirmed the account that an inscription to the above effect
did appear on the ego in question ; but whether it W3S an act of nature
4 art they could not certify : they acknowledged dint the inscription
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the egg-shell, and that it was incorrectly spelt. It

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also appears' that the prose•cutrix's hens had lately laid soate unnatural
eggs with spot► on them. &c.
Mr. Nam., ►he Sitting Magistrate, advised the man to make the mat-
ter up with the woman, and they retired for that purpose. On their re-
turn into the Office, the man stated that the woruan had demanded 101
ai altetnuneration for the loss of her egg. The Magistrate cousideriog
the demand as exorbitant, dismissed the complaint.