The National Register.
London, England, 1822-12-30 00:00:00

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womenaTima- .ear
Marehant be was „very much elevated." Riding ou
hur•eliark being somewhat of a rattail /0 MO, lie moanted,
linesman.: only to intlidge himself Sy going a few paces
and back again, hiss lie. believed the rattling of his band-
box (tightened Ilse lilliol4l. for kit ingd no sootier bestrode
bins and fixed Isis feet in the harelips. than off lie Mead wish
the rapidity ot 14:Mining, in sidle of Iti• tnilca•om to situp
him. Itr could nut tell veLittier he well, us' of %hat rate
he travelled, Inn lie knew he had smiler a long, and lie
believed a yomislat ((((( 1 side, and I al last in
Shianc-square, the horse in a titurii•e 'wistaria-
awn panting toe orratle, his lnella gone, 10141 hie
6411111 10131 al 00000 eons sly demolished by, atei he menstohed,
killer keine against the stiensill'a hide. 'Else only 114.11 ate,
I.oolter..4oaitt su site rienersits of 111,•110X was the breaking
of one sit Ihr IC4IIO-14, and having f 0114141 it ‘ll4lll, lie pros
cur. d another loos, and soil. I • lie Clapham. The ad-
'ruttier., lie assiserel air niagisiratr. was gone accidental,
ma* ler was willies& in en..te 441 y analogy or creinsearratteita.
Mr. Meas.—Wily
.gull nu lisle dean tier road-again,
in sem eh of the ow sirs, when sun lomat )011 r•elt in Sloane
Ye is stela
•r.—Wily, sir. I thoetteat it oas then too I de, and
su I rode honer. and lead she hoist- pi taken ease of
in a enable, and marled arly *Mr morning so inspire Inc
the owner. I %at 011 Illy- 04) 10 11ell‘llig1011 alive that
itrilll,ell.llll.lollllt.ll W I SI test drhriip.
000 eh,' horse, wish 1.1,41)1N11•141111r,s, which hr said lie
intended for in.... • in N 11#*081.410.1*, had lie been usi-
ailree•lilkl ill his pee pineal nitwit i es.
Mr. NI Alt haw 'A0.1144. ittit,tlict hall 16141 111111 Ille Miele
1.1411 y, Mild 10141 all OW rll Chttitl4ll( Is, lie
lIrIIY VIII il 04. at Ilar Wthist a Gli;slm.a. ; hill iie
hoped it 000111 0104 411. a/ a 0411011 J 10 Ilia' m fLoierr. •
Tier pe.•,40.1- wale elisrlisittril Mill. ail .111 00000 11111011.
Mr. Ilan. said, Ile 5 ii the ail •eiettre sought be ad-
wawa:aeon. to Ali. Alarrie.ant. for te nesi•l considerably
Her 114111 e 0(10. ion se. 61teli a tti.eple racer must
he iuvalaaWe.

- EXECUTION.

On Monday last the sentence of the law was carried into effect
at Pcnitnilen !Whit. near alaitdone, upon John Smith, con--
Cacti in the last sessions fur murder.
We have now to rLeortl one of the most remarkable instances
of mensal abstraction that. perhaps, has eve:* been tnanifested
under the awful circumst awes of delibetate MUI der. About a
fortnight ago. the prisoner sent fm a gettleman Nlaidstone,
uhentling the summons, rec.:iv-It from the i.rt.uner a vehe-
ment injunction to 1114:ie tlubltc what lw c died a history of Ins
I. The surprise of the gentleman may be conceived, when, on
examining the paper, he dlscoyeiet it to the a concise 'lima:lye of
the place of the prisona's, both, his propensities, and, litially, his
motives for committing the murder, described in degtrel verse.
Although 1;•e production of an illiiciatc man. it is truly astonish-
ing that the nitntt of a man nearly fourscore years coal, by any
possibility, tinder circumstances so peculiarly awful, for a moment
be so absiracted front his situation as to admit of so extraoniinary
a production. The levi.y of the concluding lines is nut the least
sulking part of this extraordinary effusion.
The original, which is in the hands of Mr. Agar, has been
followed verkiiin litcraihn:
LINES
Dictated by John Smith, ago' 78 youth who wan executed on
Yennenden Heath. on Monday, Dec. 23, ta42. fur the wilful
Murder of Catherine Smith, at G.e.aiwicii, on the 4th of
October last.
In the County of Wicklow I was born'd
But now in Alaidstone die in scorn
I once was counted a roving blade
but to my misfortune hat no trade
women was always my downfall
but still I liked and hived them all

a hundred 1 have hail in my time
when I was young and Is my prime
women was always my dilight
but when I got old they did me slight
a woman from London to me cause
she said with you I would lam remain
if you will be constant I'll be true
I never want no Man but You—
and on her own Bible 4 Oath did take
that she never would Me forsake
and during the time that 1 had Life
she would always prove a loving Wife
and by that means we did agree
to live together she and 'vie—
but soon her vows and Oath did break
and to anoCier flan did take
NV hich she fetch'el home with her to lay
and that proved her own destiny
So as Jack Smith lay on his bed
this notion strongly run in his Head •
then he got up a ith that intent
to find her out was fully bent
swearing it' he found out her Oath she'd broke
he stick a knife into her throat
then to the Cricketers he did go
to see if he could find it out or no
not long been there benne she came in
with this same fellow to fetch some Gin
them with A Knife himself brought in
inlidethately shad her under the Chin
and in five minutes she was no more
but there laid in het purple gore
Now to conclude and end my song
they are both dead dead and gone
they arc boat gone I do declare
gone they are but God knows where— •
The body was taken away to Greenwich to lie for public view
for one day, and afterwards to be dissected and anatomized in
Greenwich Hospital. He received the sacrament just before he
Lit the gaol, and spree:eel very penitent anti resigned at the
place of execution. lie spoke for a short time to the people.
saying, •* that women* were the cause of his downtall." He
preyed aloud and very fervent until the crop fell, saying,
•• I aand have mercy upon ate I Christ have mercy upon tile I"
The drop fell about twelve o'clock. He slept but very little on
Sunday night.
• According to Irish logic, because lie cuts is woman's throat,
a woman is the muse of hi. ruin.

u DKR AND ROBENAY:A ul ihnh:er
was pc-weir:tett to toe tillage 01 LI ,iihctlvr, in No:th
I%'.iit.l, oil noitlay night. JANC ‘Villtaioss, an agtd
widow, in my %tarx a it,peciaide shopkeeper to lilt Vll-
- J1..1 Wltu wa. generAy thought to nate 1111.1SSCtl
111:ie iiiii Mersa ik.lllllll leer CONllluf uu
Nbill(l3y 11111 111111 g. grailditanglitt r,10141 Slit heard
her grandmouncr, its the Hight, cry " Allude/ I" two or
three times, but was trio much Ised to stir. Three
persons are suppose,' to- bays: been cuticernetiss—they Mid
dragged their tiiitorionute victim tram her bed ; the shop
drawers, 5c...!. were broken open, and seviral article.
stolen, as well as what tummy .he might hate had in
tem. IVe have out heard ul any clue being )et alkyd-
Ile by which to trace the wretches.

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SOXING.
JOSH. HUDSON AND WELLS THE BATH MAN.
It had been whispered about in the sportino•
des that a plant from Bath had arrived in London
to take the shine out of some of the fistic heroes of
the London ring.--Josh. and the new Candidate
for fighting fame fell in with each other on Tuesday
night at a jovial party, when, after plenty of chaf-
fing, Josh. became jealous of a rival, and off he
hWloggery, and gave the Bath man a punoh
in the head, which he was too good to take quietly. •
The parties retired to a chosen spot, peeled and
tallied to. Harry Holt seconded Josh and Auxin
the 114th man.
A merry battle of 35 minutes followed, although neither er
the men were in right condition. Josh, in his usual bulddog
form, went up to his adversary's head, and dealt oat punish-
ment but Le found in Wells a man not easy to be shook elf.--
Josb was parried and returned spnn, and both went down.
2. Josh. led in this round, but be was thrown a Leavy cross
buttock.

The next four rounds produced something like equal fight,
both proving high couraged ones. The claret bustled about
freely, and t e men got tired. Josh was throws heavily aglow '
at the end of the Gilt round, and lamed in the knee.
7. Josh, weal limping to the scratch, and hit away wear
great disadvantages, hu he was too good to flick He placed
a rattling facer on his ad y, who threw him; and that
seemed at 'llia stage of the light to be his situ.
In the lOth round tha gallant Josh. managed to reduce vic-
tory to a tolerable certainty. He rattled away, and did smart
execution. It was Newgate to a scout ken.
11 and 12. Josh. had his work to du, and be was thrown
heavily in the last of these rounds.
The 12th eettled the business. Josh hit his ad y on the
mare, where the remains of two poonds of solid had been de-
posited, and lie gave in.
The light was for pure love and glory ; and Hadsoo won it
under great disadvantagy.s.%

DEEP PLAT.—The late General Ogle had an '
unconquerable attachment to play. A few weeks
Lame he was to sail fur India, he constantly at.
tended Pain's, in Charles-street, St Jamu's-square,
where he aPernate!y won and lust large sums. One
evening there were before him two wooden bowls
full of gold, which held fifteen hundred guineas
each ; and ►lso four thousand guineas in roams:
which he had won. When the box came-to him, Le
shad• the dice, and with great cuoluets and plea -
santry said—" Come, either win or lose seven •
thousand upon this hand ; will any gentleman s•t
me the whole .? Seven thousand is the maim"—

Then rattling the dice once more, cut the brut from
him, and gaited it. the dice remaining covered.— •
Though the General did not consider this too large• •
a sum for one man to risk at a single throw the re:•t
of the gentlemen did, and fiir some time he remained
unset. He then said—" Well, gentlemen, will you
make it up amongst you ?" One set him 5001.
another 5001.—" Come," says he, " whilst you are
making up this money-7,0001.-1V tell you a
story." Here he began to relate a story that Was •
pertinent to the moment ; 'but perceiving that he
was completely set, stopped short—laid his hand
upon the box okaying, " I believe I am set, gentle-
men ?"—" Yes, Sir: seven is the main." • He
threw out ! Then with astonishing coolness took
up his snuff-box, and smiling, exclaimed, " Now, •
gentlemen, I'll finish my story, if you please."
About 1750, a merchant of Cleves, named Jo-
rissea, who had become almost totally deaf, sitting
one day near a harpsicord while some one was play-
ing, and having a tobacco-pipe in his mouth, the
bowl of which rested accidentally against the body •
of the instrument, he was agreeably and unexpeet-

edly surprised to hear all the notes-in the most dis-
tinet manner. By a little refketion and-practice ho
again obtained the use of this valuable sense, which
as Bonnet says, connects us with the moral world ;
for he soon learned, by means of a piece of hard
wood, one end of whick lie placed against his teeth,
to keep up a conversation, and to be able to under- •
stand the least whisper. His son afterwards made
this beneficial discovery the subject of nn inaugural. •
dissertation, published at Halle, in 1754. Perolle
has given some excellent observations on the cape-
&Any of hard bodies to conduct sound, in the Mc-.• •
moirs of the Academy of Turin, for 1790 and 1791.
The effect is the same if the person who speaks rests
the stick against his throat or his breast ; or when
one rests the stick which he holds in his teeth

against some vessel into which the other speaks.
There is at present living at The, dosia, Mite
Crimea, an Armenian, whose age is 120 years. He
was born in Persia, and preserves a pertixt recol-
lection of the celebrated Thomas Kuli Khan, whom

he frequently saw. His health is good, and he is
surrounded by his descendants. Ills youngest
daughter is now 35 years old.
Tosacco.—The Aute,.ican Fariner tells us, that
some tobacco made by Judge Dorsey, of Maryland,
last year. sold in turope for fifty-two dollars per
hundred, and some which grew in Montgomery
County, and sold in Baltimore for thirty•seven
brought in Holland the enormous sum of up-
wards of sixty dollars per hundred.
SIN GC LA R• FA CT.—. 1611 e, witiell was Clients(' a :ew
days a;:,(a at the home ui J Mr. Robert Woolleit.
near Sitrilield barrack 3, was fowl(' in ttaYc £wa
they werejohted ovum' by a thin Inca:inane.

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