The National Register.
London, England, 1823-03-17 00:00:00

WORCESTER, CROWN Com gmtan'tv

Ansoar..—Wilham Harris. Ruben Bell, and Willi.*
Lilly. were indicted •fer fri usly lettinF ire to the
biro ofJoseplaJakeman, near Broongrove, in the county
of Worcester, on the night of the 27th ("Sept. last.
It was proved hyttli.Jakeinati, that.bis barn, which
was old and thatched with straw, was burnt down on
the night in question. • Ile could ascribe to inotise to
the conduct of the p.inies who set it on fwe, except that
lie hail occasionally threatenedalye idle Wyatt(' the neigh-
bourhood fit( trespassing oa his fields, but hid never
executed his menaces. The charge was brought. home
to the prisoners by an accomplice. named George Stan-
ton, a lad of 13 years of age. This whites...wed that,
mi the etening of the 27th of Septembet. Bell, in the
presence of the other ilrISOllOll, asked him if be would
go and set the barn on fire, or if he -would tell if the
others did it t lie replied, that he would not tell. Bell
then directed him to go into the 112111, and file up 114
pea-haunt against the rafters: he was afraid to po alone,
and Harris and Bell accompanied him into the barn,
while Lilly watched pn the outside. They piled up the
Ina-haunt close to the rafters. Bell then fetched some
laths to light the lire whit ; Harni said they would
1 horn, and brought a coal from his lodgings. He wrap-
ped up this colt lit some pea-haunt, and put it against
the learn, which caught fire. The prisoners stayed till
the barn began to 61,,31-.., amid then separated and went
home to their beds. This witness, on being repeatedly
j questioned by the J mtge. es to the motive which actuated
! the party, declared, that it was merely a frolic, and no
twilicions inn:tee was follgilVdttii by tile evidence. The
Of the UCCOIIIIIIICe was confirmed in several
circumstances by other witnesset. It appeared that
Harris had been very active in endeavouring to rano-
! Knish the flames. .

1 he prisoners being called on for their defence, vet-
rally denied hatrimi any concern in the fire, 41111
respectable witnesses, who gave them ru VXCeliCill cha-
racter for steady, industrious, and regular habits.
The learned Judge directed the jury. that a wicked
motive WAS a necessary ingredient die crime impined
to the prisoners. 1P limy believed .bat these lasts had
set hie to the barn in a frolic, huweaer
improper and

perilous, they could not find a verdict of guilty, on
charge affecting their lives. But when they considered
the preparation which was made for the work, and the
deliberation with which it was performed, lie (eared they
could scarcely acquit them of a malicious design. The
scales of life and death were in their hands, and he
prayed the God of Mercy to direct the balance.
The jury, after deliberating for twenty tninott•s, f
the prisoners guilty, hut earnestly recommended them
to mercy.
The learned Judge immediately proceeded to pass sen-
tence of death, but intimated to the Kis:niers, that, in
pursuance. of the reeionitieittlation of the Jury, the
Crown would mitigate the sentence.
CHARGE OF MUHDEE.—Lucy I)ater•r was charged
with the wilful murder of her child, tiVilliain Dancer,
an infant of tile age of nine months. The Grand Jury
threw out the bill, but she was arraigned on the corn.
ner's
It was proved beyond doubt, that this wretched woman
kilted her child by cutting its throat with a kink, which
was produced, stained with blond. She was the wife of
a labouring 111311, and had another child, to whom she
had always been a tender mother. II appeared, how•
ever, very satisfactoriiy,•front the evidence of Al r.
Uuw-
ning, a respectable surgeon of the county, that site was
11l a state of absolute insonny at the time when site did
the act, and had since remained in that condition,

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The jury, miller the direction of the ',amen Judge,
acquitted the prisoner on the ground of insanity, and she
was detained in custody mull his Alijesty's pleasure
should be known as to her
Sratlinuo.---Williant Itatinden was indicted under
Lord Elletiborougit's act, for slabbing V Itiidgewater
with a knife, with intention to kill, to disable, or to do
him smite grievous bodily harm.
It appeared that a quarrel had arisen between a brother
of Ranisden and a man named Cu:Huller, about half-
past nine o'clock in the evening, at a public-house called
the Crab Mill, in the town of Bromsgrove. The pi°.
secutor acted as the second of Chandler, and thinking
he saw tin-bit-isomer unfairly assisting his brother, remon-
strated with him Oil his conduct, ii pots which the ph.
sinter raised a slick, and threatened in knock out his
brains. Tile prosccolor wrenched. the stick f his
stand; on which tile prisoner striick hint on the sAe
with sonic shin p instrument, and blood flowed front the
wound. Tile prosecutor stated ihat lie was confined to
the house for a week afterwards—that he was attended
three we,ks by a medical Mali, sod that he still felt
pain on stooping.
The surgeon who dressed the wonted was not in at-
. teridance, but the learned Judge requested Mr. Downing
to tX.IIIIIIIC the part where the wound was inflicted.
'foal gentleman having retired fur the purpose, informed
the Court that the cut 'mot have been very alight—that
it could unit have prothic.A any SCIIOIIII Collfsequelteril,
and that the statement of lkidgewater that he now felt
any inconvenience resultiii4 tout it must be untrue.
Vim this et idence, Mr. Justice Befit directed the Jury
to acquit the prisoner, but Indere! him to find bail to
answer for the assault, winch his Lordship characterised
as most cowardly and urinal.
The prisoner accordingly gave bail, and was then die.
charged.. . _ .

Tne business of the Crown Court was finished at one
o'clock on LVeiltiestia). row prisoners, Thomas Jack-
son, Joseph Astute, JaIIICS aivis, and Thomas Gibbs.
re-CCIVVII sentence of death, f...r stealing cattle. His Lord-
ship intimated that, in consequence id the prevalence of
this crime in the county, one or more of• them must
sutler the last pion:Anoint of the law, and that, attlesa
the crime should be lessetted at the neat assice, all who
were convicted would share the same fate. Five pri-
soners received sentence for burglaries and robbing cut-
ugeb in the day time, to whom similar intimations were
gigett.

WINCHESTER, ?deficit 8.
DREW V. GREEN.
This was an action to recur& a compensation in damages fee
he seduction of the plaintiff daughter.—The plaintiff is •
sublieun residing in Winchester, he has five sous and two
daughters. deli:Want is a batter, st Winchester, having
a shop also at Alton. He is a married man, and has a child.—
The plaintiff and defendant are next dour n ighlauers. The
.nhatance of the unfortunate girl's evidence is as follows :
She is twenty two years of age, and the youngest daughter of
the plaintilf. Soon alter the defendant 01311 P to reside near beg
(Adm., she brume intimate with the defendant's wife, and
mutual visits took place. Mrs. Green was sometimes absent
(runt Winchester. During her absence in January, 1821, Mrs.
Green, has iug no servant, requested Miss Drew (who had
been acoxsulased to assist Mrs. Green, when at home, in her
household to come in and make his bed for him ; this
was between eleven and twelve o'clock in the morning. I•
consequence of this request she did go the house, and pro-
ceeded to do 113 ha had asked her. IV Inlst she wins ►o em-
ployed, defendant came into the room and conversed with her
on indifferent suhjects, and then went down stairs. Übe
finished the bed, anti then went down into the sitting room at
the back of the shup. Miss Drow left his house, and went
.home, but did not disclose what had hyphened to any person.
About a week after (during which no intercourse took place),
Mrs. Green asked All.. Drew to coon and trim a bat tni. her ;
accordingly the day after ►uch request, she did go into the de-
fendant's house fur that purpose, but Mrs. Green had, unknown
to Miss Drew, gone from home. In October, plaintiff 's
daughter was delivel'ed of a child, which is still living, and of
which she declared the th•fendent to Ito the father.

The eross•oxamination produced additional facts, In sub.
stance as follows r—Defendanes shop is open to the paWro
street ; there is a glum window between the shop and the Milo
ting room ; that the defendant only succeeded iu his purpose
by force and violence t the door dividing 'the room front the
shop, may or may not be mitre than four yards from the publio
street, and is in 4 line n 41 the front door in the shop ; peo-
ple often were in the shop; the counter is shout two yards
from the room door ; there is a window belonging to walker
house within • few yards of the back window of the sittiog•
room ; the mother of Miss D. had always p d her lino-
tiun and cold; lenoe, but she concealed from bar what bad hap.
she (Miss D.) had once before stated that the affair
stated had taken ',ince in December, Iti2o, bat it was ba,
she never told Ulm Green of it ; her mother first (i•

August, 1821) discovered, her situation; before that time no
our knew it.
The defence rested principally on the improbabilities and
contradictions in the evitlenca given by Ilis Drew.
The Jury, after some consiAlentble diliburalion, returned a
•edict for the plaintiff—Damages 6(11.

POLICE.

BOW STREET.
On Friday the driver of a hackney coach was summoned
before T. Halls. E q. to answer the complaint of the lion. E.
Foley, for abusive behaviour to his fare.
Mr. Foley stated, that he was residing at Mivatex hotel, in
lirook•street, and a few evenings since was going to one of the
Theatre*, and not having time to wait for his own carriage, he
got into the defendant's coach. When the coach arrived in
Great Newport-street, there was a stoppage of carriages 00 one
side of the road, hut plenty of room. The witness called out
to him to go on, and the reply was, in a very insolent tone—
"lf you want to go on, go out of the copal." He said he
would, end the defendant got down to the door, but instead of
opening be held it fast, and told witness he should not get out
until he paid hint his fare. Witness having no silver; got oat
on the opposite side, and was going towards the shop of Mr.
Wynne, a glover, in Newport-street, for the purpose of pro-
curing chauge, when the defendant came round after him, and
and before he could reach the shop door, seized the skirt of file
cost, and pulled him backwards with so much ♦iolence as to
tear the coat up to the shoulders. Witness gave hint a sove•
reign to take hie fare, but he then said lie bad not got change,
and should keep the sovereign. Ile returned to his camel', and
the witness Bent Mr. Wynne to him with change tope), his fare.
Mr. Winne offered him the fare, but he was some time before
he would give up the sovereign, anal centime el, during the
w hole of the time, to make use of the worst language that
could come from the mouth even of a hackney emu/meal, lie
was once, in the course of the time, requested to leave his
coach, and came into the shop to receive his fare, but lie said
be would see them d—d first ; they mast bring the money to
him !
Mr. Wynne corroborated the evidence, of Mr. Foley, and
said, he lied never before !ward any thing to equal the abuse
that came from the mouth of the defendant.
The defendant, in answer to the charge, addressed the Ma-
gistrate iu a mild, humble tone, and bowed to the ground at the
close of every sentence. He said, the geutleman was an utter
stranger to him, and he thought he had a right to secure his.
fare in t e best manner he could.
Mr. Halts said, he never knew a more wanton ease of abuse
anal outrage ; and he should line the attendant in the full pe-
nalty, with the understanding, that it was still open to the com-
plainant to indict him for the assault, or ►o proceed against him
under the 2d of George IV. for eilfully damaging his property.
defetulant war fined 31. and costs ; and Mr. Foley de-
sired, that his moiety of the penalty might be given to some
charitable institution, at the same time stating, that his only
object was to make a public exempla of the defendant, and he
suould therefore pursue him no farther.

As the Traveller coach was going from Gloucester to
Worcester, on Monday 'morning last, the axletree broke
near Upton, and the coach upset. Although there were
passengers, lorttinately none were seriously hijoreil.—
One gentleman had the body of the coach 11.511112 111,041
hint, and had the horses moved, most probably would
have been crushed to pieces : as it was, lie escaped with
°illy a kw scratches.
An attempt to defraud the bank of Sparrow and Cu.
of Chelinsord, was detected MI Friday last tit a most
singular manlier. A youth, shoot 18 years of age, an
entire stranger, presented a check purporting to he
drawn by Mr. Kingsford, of Beekiwi-mills. UllOll Sir
John Lubbock and CO. fur 101. Mr. Simpson, one nl
the firm of Sparrow and Co. happened at the time to be
in the MOM adjoiniug the bank, and was at the identi-
cal moment in conversation with Mr. Kingsford. TMe
check was handed to Mr. Simpson for his sanction, and
on its being shown to Mr. Kingsford, that gentleman
declared it to be gingery. The youth was promptly ap-t
rebottled, carried before the `lagist►ates then s
at the Shite-ball, and committed ftn further exami-
nion.

DAR IRIS Ilosaentea.—Boring Sunday night a most
(hiring rlihtot:lV 51.15 Ci,llllllllted Upon the preilitSeS or
Air. Grace, hatter, Regent. Circus, Oxfitril•street.—
Some daring burglars contrived to break a bar of the
troll grating in the street, and by iii a. means succeeileil
i op the door of the area grating, and &vet i itg
au entrance into the house by the kitchen. They re-
moved a great quantity of a sery Laze stock, and some
articles of household linen and wearing apparel, and
niade titer escape with the booty by Ibe street door.—
No clue has as vet been obtained of the rtibl.ers.-1
the saute evening, between five and six o'clock, the
house of .lr. Plibitrotigh, Int;liler, in ILlltuan Nlens,
Itlrilutaii•streci, Russell-square, during the absence
of the faintly at evening prayers, was entered by
means of a latch key, and rouhrd of an eight-day
table clock, four' silver table and six silt er tea
spoons, malty articles of weariug.apparel, house
&c. It is supposed the thieves were ilistutbed, and
wade a hasty exit, as many oilier things were bundled
tip ready to be carried nil.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 13.—Last night arrived
the SIILVOI transport, Lieutenant Church, 11. N., agent, from
Barbadoes, which she lett on the 13,11 February. Conmiodure
Owen's squadron had been separated in a heavy gale of wind off
Lisbon, in cons.queuce of which the Fork, Sir Thos. Cochrane,
kllklk, Capt. Leith, Eden, Capt. Lawrence, and Valorous,
Cape. Murray, arrived at Barbaloes betbre the Commodore, and
immediately began refitting and watering. On the arrival of the
Commodore, the above ships, with the Surinam, Captain Crop.,
and Icarus, Captain Watkins, on the West India station, were
ordered instantly to sea, with scaled utters, and at sunset they
were nearly ought of sight, steering different courses. Tire Com-
modore in the Gloccitar, with the Phaeton, Captain Sturt, were •
?tatting in Carlisle Say, Barbadoes, and ktutiously looking for
u cutter front England ; they were telegraphing every sail that
hove in sight. The French squadron had sailed three days prior
from Martinique, consisting of a flush 6t, with a round stern,
and nine other sail; destination unknown.

Nuts (when they become dry and the kerneli shrivel-
ktl) may, by pournitx boiling water on them, and let-
ting them remain in it twelie liourA, be made 'resit, and
Cie kernel' full and firm as when first gathered.

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PEDESTR I Ali I SM.—ltussd. the Herefordshire pedes-
trian started at 12 o'clock on Wednesday night to go to
Dorchester and back, a distance of 240 miles, in 75
hours, hir a bet of 100 sovereigns. It is nearly three
miles and aqu inter an hour, including s(oppages.—
The pedestrian did the first 48 miles in 13 hours. Ile
went it glt Andover, 65 rules, about dusk, and at.
ter halting an hour its the neighbourhood of Salisbury
at three o'clock out Friday morning, he reached Blain!.
ford to breakfast, where he was de131111:11 tonger than
he intended by boisterous weather. Ile reached 1)or•
cheater midge at rote o'clock on Friday, not being able
to get mu over the bleak cottony high lands more than
three miles an hour. He returned mil, a back, and
went to bed, leaving himself 84 miles to perihrin in
27 boors, and the pedestrian Was Iresh and well. He
travelled on at the rate of rather more than four miles
an boor, and had 13 hours to do 48 miles in alter rest-
ing at He travelled in much pain from
lLghain, btu he arrived safe in the Haymarket at hail:
past two o'clock on Sunday ...rning, having won by
ttttt e than half an himr.—W right, the pedestrian,
started on Thursday last from Clerkenwell-green, to
walk to IValwyn and back, a distance of 51 miles a-
d y, for three successive (lays, at twelve hours and a
half each day, and completed his last day's task seven
minutes within the time, though the roads were very
deep and bad, from six boors heavy fall of snow, and
the pedestrian himself indisposed. lie intends in a few
tads if) start, to pet form a match agaillit time, to walk
124 miles in 32 hours.

Fetes.—Chi Thursday, between nine and ten o'clock
in the forenoon, a fire broke hilt in a ki:cticit belonging
to a chandler's shop aii:l coo!-shed in Lancaster street,
rcial road, which iii a short time consumed that
house, together with at the ft tttt e, &c. and did a
considerable deal of damage to the two adjoining houses,
and I. was with h itstheolty the flames %sere pre-
sented from catching the back parts of moue houses in
the neighbouring court. The fire burnt so violently,
that the floor was ready to fall hi before it was discovered,
and the inhabitants had but Jost time to escope with
their lives. Ooe woman, big with child, was forced to
be carried out, het u,; au couch frightened that she had
not posses. to move, and it was feared it would cost her
her life.

ZLANCHOLY AcclDEUT3.—Weilnestlay last, about
one o'clock, a IlfeeWilli accident happened in Grace-
chit rch.st reel :—Tntimas Cole, aged Ili, win of Mr. Cole,
Longs Yard, Lamb's Conduit Street, was exercising a
pair of coach-not srS, whru, in passing through the abtive
Street, the 111111e5 Wilk night, and the on formate yoang
111311 was precipitated to the ground, where lie instantl7
expired, and WJA taken up and removed toSt.'l'hout,isa
Hospital: 11l the tall it was discovered lit hail received a
sever CUIICUSSIOII of the brain, which terminated his
existence. The deceased was in the employ of Ali.
Meredith, of No. 10, South Lambeth. Another don
tressing accident happened the same day, iii Lombard
Street —Mr..l. W. Jo es, a respectable old man, 74
years of age, who resides in 'fabeitaicle \Valk, Shad-
, well, had iii the morning been to Chatham by the
CO3CII, to see his (laughter ; having returned and of lined
the coach. he was piocettliog along Lombard Street, to
his home, very infirmly, when by a throng of passengers
he was pushed into the road, and a cart passing at the
same time went over his body, which caused a
pound fracture of the aria„ aml broke five ur six ribs oti
the left side. The deceased was instantly conveyed to
St. Thomas's hospital, and survived until the following
morning, about seven o'clock, %hen he expired. Co-
rimer 's inquests. sat on both bodies. (In Wednesday
morning last, about ten o'clock, as Mr. Monkhouse, of
%Yapping, was riding along Mile End lioad, his horse
took fright at a dung-cart, broke into a gallop, anti.
coining in contact with the pile of a gentleman's car-
riage, which was been Moen at a quick pace, it tinfor-
tonately run into the chest of the animal, and killed
11i,,, on the spot. Mr. M. fortunately escaped tuition.
—Oil Saturday morning, about seven o'clock, as a lad,
apprenticed to Mr. Cramp, a butcher, Whitechapel,
High Street, was going front one part of the slaughter-
mouse of his master to the other, be hail occasion to
go down smile steps, and instead of walking down them
lie junyed, when his course wee impeded by a large
im,t hoot:, which caught his alrill, Sod lie remained
suspended until his master arrived and lifted limi
The poor lad s sullelings were iiitcose. Ile was instantly
coovv)ril to the Liu itou Hospital, when it wax tumid
the soiews of his arils were so much wjtired, awl the
Ilcsil sit touch mangled, that immediate 3,111,111.1111111 W. 15
resorivil to as the only method iil preserving life. The
patient quietly submittoi i i inc expedient, and we are
11.11`11y to hear he is in a falf way of recovery.
Ha WC I ATr H.—Match for 200 sovereigns, to ride
one horse 120 1111Ies in 51.5 SIICCeSSIVe I 1111 l ff.C3pt.Pigoo,
of tile 2d .1)ra800it Guards, now at Yolk Barracks,
has two mouths ago, made the above etageilient
with a gentleman of that city, p. p. to ride his own
horse the above eistasice in the time sated. c 1111 l menced
the undertaking oil 'Tuesday last, at eleven o'clock at
nialit, two miles in and out, front Kiddal-lane to the
two-mile stony 011 Bramhani Moor, and perlorined the
120 miles in 916 minutes. Summary-15 hours 16
minutes work, and 7 hours 14 minutes rest.—FM.ll, 22
hours and 30 minutes.-=Thus it will he been that Ille
Captain completed his task, hawing two hlOlll3 anti 30 '
minutes to spare, without either distressing himself Uf
his horse.

BURGLARY.—On Wednesday night list, between 9
and 11 oclock. ttie dwelhng•huttse of Di% id Sangster,
L.q. of Upper Ke.titiuguott-lane, Vauxhall, was entered
awl robbed of property consisting, of neck chinos, brace-
lets, earring 4, and brooches, to the amount of "UAI.--
The robbers effected their entrance thronAli the liiteneii
window of an untenanted house next dour to the kclAriiii
tavern, front whence they got on the roof, and walked
along the gutter until they reached the sky-light of Air.
Sdulgster's house, through which they p.wse.l down stairs
to one of the bedrooms, and broke open a bureau which
contained the above property.

ttY

SPRING AND NEATE —Toe substance of this anielea•
of the great Match of two hundred sovereigns for the
2.0111 tat May was stated Thursday, anal after the gentle.
men who mail,. the match had left, the commoners•
had a rego:ar bi.ro up. Neate had no adequate repre-
sentative there, JII., his case lost in the hands of Tom
Belcher, who hail in Mr. Jackson's presence promised •
In pay 151. out of the 551. forfeit clue to Spring upon a
form.:r occasion, Mr. J. passing his word for the other
MI- Neate had received a late forfeit of 1501. Belcher
refused to pay the said 151. onil all the remonstrance on
the part ol the gentleman who upon this oceJsion put
alowit the money for Spring, was of no use. to the
heat of dispute smite energetic allusions, not very cre-
ditable to former hackers, were made. Spring offered
to bet Belcher three bets of twenty sovereigns each, that
he drew first blood, gate the first knock down blow, and
won the battle. The 501. is to De made 1001. a side oat
the 20th of April, and the whole of the VOOl. a side to
be stakeil•in the hands of Mr. Jackson on the sth of
May, when Spring will have a benefit at the Fives
Court.

OxzoaoAssizes.—The following v.2ry brutal wa-
ger has led to au action at the Oxford Assir:s
" Burford, July 8, 1828.
.1 A bet is this day made between Mr. Maim and
Mr. Cole, for 30!. iii the manner follow :—Mr. Cole
to ride a bay policy, in his possession, and Mr. William
Mann to role a diem'', hackney, in his possession, each
party to ride his own horse through Cheltenham as far
as Gliicester, and Lick to Burford (the place from •
whence they start.) They are to start on the 16th of
July hi:tether, and that which returns to Burfind first..
to be the winner. E ich to ride iii same road.—Signed
by both the parties, and witnessed by Mr. Henry Webb."
'1 he result of the Mare waAer was, that each party rode
his own horse 64 miles in five hours aud a half, and that
the lives of both animals fell victims to the cruelty of
their owners. The advantage, 110Wtler, was with •
Mono, hut lie disputed his loss to Cole, on the ground
that he ((ole) had got oil his horse before it arrived at
Burford, altd flail walked by .the side of the animal illlll •
the t3W 11. The question was then referred to the Jockey
Citth at Newmarket, and the club decided that it was
" a drawn b, t." Notwithstanding this decision, Mr.
I3eale, the stake-holder, refused to deliver up the stakes
to the parties ; which might he owing to the icircum--
stance of a number of other wawes and other sums of
money which he held depending upon the issue of the
present case, and an action was brought by Cole against
Beak. Verdict for the platittiffv. damages 191. the
amount of the stake,.

1311nsILARY.—On Wednesday • night, at aisle hour..
or early on Thursday morning, the dwelling-house of
Mrs. Peachey, 111 Craw fordoitreet, I'or man-square, was
rubbed of 311 1 ttttt tlllle quantity of silver plate and plated'.
articles. consisting of cattill.-sticks, spoons, forks, butter
hoata, Ike. The thievcs aimed an entrance into the -
house by the area window, and by breaking the panel of
the shutter : they then proceeded to a room above stairs„
io which was the plate, deposited to a chess, which they
broke nitro, carrying away nearly the whole of she con-
tents. The villains then ransacked drawers and boxes.
AIIII Jilse of the se; vants slid not escape their inspection.
They, however, appeared very choice in their selection,..
takinrnnthiug, hot plate and plated articles, with which
they rlecautpett without tatting the least slant-
DREAIMU I. Acc IDENT.-4)111 Thursday last all errand
buy named Lee, was sent by his employers with a pared
f Bris.ol to Cliftim—and out his way he met with tile •
hostler belonging to Bennett's livery stable!, its Froginore •
Street, who imprudently lent him a gentleman's 1111111 e,
with which he set oil, for the purpose of riding to Clif-
ton and back to the stables. When opposite the White •
Hart public house, in Limekiln Lane, the Inns. which
was going at full speed, tell, and the lad was thrown, .
from his seat, with bit kg eittatigled in the stirrup--the-
Itorsemi getting up, set MI at a gallop, with tire boy
cirJggine under Ina belly, and the animal was not stop-
lied moil he reached Berkley Place, when the uniform•
nate boy exhibited a shocking spectacle, his head being •
completely scalped, Ilia back oi,lue.ned, and an arm
broken. Ott being taken up, he breathed twice, sod
instantly expired.

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EXTRAORDINARY EscArc—lry the night of Thetas—
day last, a man, named Henry Mime, who had been
confined about five mouths in Faversham gaol, on a
charge of stewing a fowling-piece, made his escape from-
the above prison, 11110.1411 meat extraordinary means!,
with the iise only of a spike ginitilet, an iron spoon, and
the iron handle of a. tea-kettle..—The gaol hos been
built within these hew years, the wells ale of stone, and
full twil feet thick, lilted within mid thioughout witla
strong oak ill'elik, thick studded with laige nails. The
prisoner contrived to.get part of two of the oak planks
away by means of very close boring with The giinielca...
and then burning, with heated iron, the interstices one
to the otli r, the marks of which he concealed for days
by filling the crevice lu made with pieces of piper' and
Oleo plasteiing it over with paste and the whitewash of
the ;—at winch place, also, as an additional blind,
lie used to tnttig his towel ; he has always kept the room
clean swept, Wail by these preCtintloits it escaped the no.
lice of the gaoler that any thing improper was going 041•
It 15 D'Ar .... 5 to all who have seen it, that considering
he could only work in the night time, and then perhaps
not always, that it t•mst have been a work of months
extreme contrail, perseverance, and ingenuity, rarely to
be met with. Tile stones which. lie re tttttt re' to lona,
the aperture, he coiweale.l under hit bed oil the floor,
and they consist of more dials would fill a large w heel.-
batrow ; the large stone which rotund the outside of the
wall, he siteceoled to remove iusidc, thereby avoiding
all noise or alarm, whicu uit.t have been braid if there.
had been any, as the gaoler's rooms are liatelyr
over the prisms. The protracr was generally observed
reading the Wale very attentively (haring the day, and
there was funnel Wrlllrel oil the iron door of the room
iu which lie was confined, the following emphatical•
worik Many a long day I have visvctl without
• bought, but now toy days are a.l thooeti.s."