The National Register.
London, England, 1815-03-05 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTPIR;

ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES.

A fine male child was found yesterday morning, warmly packedin a basket, at Westminster Bridge, in a deep sleep and decently
clad. It is about a month old, and the name of A pion's°. was
written on a piece of paper and pinned to its heart. Means are
taking to discover the unnatural parent who deserted it, On the
paper with the name `as written, " Fevd it who can."
Rooms:as. DErEATED,-011 Friday niglit Mr. Tavern, of Lan-
bell', was alarmed by some person at his bed-chamber window, as
if attempting to get in. He got up, and look irg from behind the
curtail', he saw a man trying to open the sash. Having no fire-
arms. he was fearful of offering a direct resistance, especially as he
heard ether men talking in the garden. lie, however, hit upon an
expedient to get rid of them : he went downstairs softly, and Ming•
jug np a half hundred weight of east iron, he carried it to a room
ou the second floor, the wind,w of which was precisely over that
rt wilieh the robber was, and opening it gently, he dropped tins
tremendous weapon on his head, and hurled him almost senseless
from a ladder on which he stood. The blow was not, however,
so effeeloal as to prevent his escape, and he was assisted off by h
cArpaoion. A pursuit took place soon afterwards, but they escaped.
The ladder which they had reared against the windows, had been
taken from the shed of a carpenter in the neighbourhood.
PEOn Thursday seimight about half-past seven, Mr. Smith, son of
Colonel Smith, of Ashton-under-Lime, was attacked by four men,
armed with pistols, in Openshaw, who incline seat him by the old
system of roping. that is, by having a rope exte:,ded from one siete
of the road to the other. From his great residalion and exertion;,
he however eventually escaped, with the loss ef his horse amid hat.
On Friday sennight, a post-chaise lad, wlm was in the employ of
Mr. Ballard, of the Rose inn, Sittingbourue, was found between
that place and Meagan leaning oser the spliwer bar of the chaise,
quite dead. His pockets were turned nisi le out, and his body bole
evident marks of violence, from which there is every reason to fear
that robbery and murder were combined,—but the Coroner's In-
quest has not yet been obtained.
The (I:l:z:cite of Tuesday offers a reward of two hundred guiricas
for the discovety of the person or persons who threw Mr. John
Smith over Rutherglen-bridge into the river Clyde.
The trial of Dan tm, for the murder of his aunt awl brother, w ith
veiich the French papers are filled, occupied two entire dry Ile
was convicted, and sentenced to death. His fellow prisoner Gi-
ronatal was acquitted.
Flu E.-011 Friday morning, at a little before four o'clock, an
alarming flee broke out on the premises of Mr. Clowns, printer,
Northumberland court, Strand. However, by a plentiful supply of
water, the fire was subdued, with the loss of three houses entirely
burnt down. The flames extending to the Duke of Northumber-
land's mansion, set fire to the laundry. No lives were lost.
Cononrat's INQUEST.—Wednesday an inquest was held at the
Giltspur-street Compter, upon the body of Felix Cesar O'Neill
O'Hanlon, who died in that prison on Tuesday morning. The de.
ceased, it will be recollected, was the notorious eh:limier, who,
about twelve months since. visited Birmingham, and re presenting
himself as a Commissary attached to the army of Lord Wellington,
put almost the whole of the manufactnres of that place in requisi-
tiosi. In the article of saddles alone, he had given an order for
20,000. Under the assumption of his sitnation, he got introduced
to Miss Hawking, of Worthing, a young lady of considerable expec-
tation.. In addition. to his employment, he represented himself to
be a person of large property, and produced several papers and
bonds to that effect. To Miss Hawkins lee made proposals of mar-
rirge, and his snit was accepted. The deception, however, was
soon di.coyered. and the anticipations of splendour and happinos,
entertained by the wing lady and her friend;, were quickly dissi-
pated, by the arrest of the deceased. His conduct while in prison
was itiegular; and a wound which he had received in his leg from
a duel, was brought to such a state of irratibility as to produce.mor-
tification, and an inflammatory fever, which camel his death. Tile
Jury returned a verdict to this effect.