The National Register.
London, England, 1823-03-16 00:00:00

POLICE.

BOW STREET..
On Friday the driver of a hackney soach was sammoned
before T. Halle, E q. to answer the complaint of the Hoe. R.
Foley, for abusive behaviour to bis fare.
Mr. Foley stsled.'tbat lie was residing at Mivatt'shotel, its
Brook street, and a few evenings since was going to one of the
Theatres, and not having time to wait for his own carriage, he
gut into the defendant's coach. When the coach arrived in
Crest Newport-street; there was a stoppage of carriages on one
vide of the road, but plenty of ruin. The witness called out
to him to go on, and the reply was, in a very insolent tone.—
"If you want to go on, go oat of the encb." He said he
would, and the defendant got down to the door, but intend of
opening he held it fast, and told witness lie abonid not get sue
until he paid him his fare. Witness having no silver; got oat
ou the opposite side, and was going towards the shop of Mr.
Wynne, a glover, in Newport-street, for the purpose of pro-
curing elieuge, when the defendant came round after him, and
and before he could reach the shop door, seized the skirt of his
cost, and pulled him backwards with so much violence es to
tear the coat op to the shoulders. 'Witness gave him s sove•
reign to take his fang• but be then said he had not got change,
and should keep the strereign. He returned to his coach, and
the witness sent Mr. Wynne to him with change to pay his fire.
Mr. Wtnne offered him the fare, bin be was some time before
he would give up the sovereign, and continn. d, during the
si hole of the time, to make use of the worst lugusge that
could come from the mouth even of s hackney coachman. He
was once, in the course of the time, requested to leave his
coach. and come iuto the shop to receive his fare, but he said
he would see them d—d first ; they must bring the limey to
Lim !

Mr. Wynne corroborated the evidence of Mr. Foley, and
said, he had never before heard any thing to equal the abuse
that came from the mouth of the defendant.

The defendant, in answer to the charge, add d the Ma-
gistrate in a mild, bumble tone, and bowed to the ground at the
close of every sentence.- Ile said, the gentleman was an utter
stranger le him, and he thought be had • right to secure his
fare in t e hest manner he could.
Mr. Halls said, he never knew a more wanton case of abuse
and outrage ; and he should fine the defendant in the full pe-
nalty, with the understanding, that it was still open to the com-
plainant to indict him for the lt, or to proceed against him
under the 2.1 of George IV. for wilfully dama,ing his property.
The defendant was Geed $l. and costs.; and Mr. Foley de-
sired, that his moiety of the penalty might be given to some
charitable institution, at this same time stating, that his only
object was to make a public example of the defendant,-sod he
mould therefore pursue hint no farther.
•
As the Traveller coach was going hour. Gloucester to
Worcester, on Monday nim g last, the axletree broke
near Upton, and the coach upset. Although there were
passengers, 'lntimately bone were seriously injured.—
One gentleman had the body of the coach remota upon
him. and had the Muses moved, most probably would
hate been crushed to pieces : as it was, tic escaped with
only a few scratches.
An attempt to defraud the bank of Sparrow and Co.
of Chefinstord, was detected on Friday last in a moss
singular manner. A. youth, about 18. years of age, an
entire stranger, presented a cheek purporting to be
drawn by Mr. Kingsford, of Beeleigh-mills, upon Sir
John Ltibboek and Co. for iol. Mr. Sampson, one of
the firm of Sparrow and Co. happened at the tone to he
in. the room adjoining the hank, and was at the Wend- i
cal moment in converse with Mr. Kingsford. The
check was handed to Mr. Simpson for his sanction,and
on its being shown to Mr. Kingsford, that gentleman
declared it to be forgery. The youth was promptly ap-
prehended, carried before the Magistrates then nun%
at the Shine-hall, and 0021 eel for further exami-
nation.
Dmitscs Rorreeetest—During Sunday night a most
daring rubbery was committed upon the premises of
Mr. Grace, hatter, Regent Circus, Oxford-street,—
Some daring burglars colorised to break a bar of. the
NOD grating in the street, and by. this means succeeded
in pulling up the door of the area grating, and effecting
au entrance into the house by the kitchen. They re-
turned a great quantity of a very large stock, and some
articles of household linen and wearing apparel, and
made their escape with the booty by the streecdoor.—
Islo clue has aw yet been obtained of the robbers.—On
the same eve g, between five and six o'clock,.the
house of Mr. Pillairough.• builder, in Millman Meters
Millman street, Russell-square, during the abscuee
of the family at evening prayers, was entered by
means of a latch key, and robbed of an eight-day
table dock, four silver table and six niter tea
spoons, many articles of aveariog, apparel, house Mien,
&c. It is supposed the thieves were disturbod, and
made a hasty exit, as many otheo things were bundled
up really to he carried OIL
ISaUTAL ()VTR A 0 E..-.-011 Thursday as a young
man, a sailor, was walking by a glacis leading to the
barracks, at Harwich, about half past nine o'clock, ac-
companied by a female, the object of his affections, they
were suddenly assaulted by four soldiers belonging to the
58th iegiorieni, who began to treat the latter in a most
lULIWOUS manor; and upon his attempting to defend
her trout their brutality, he received a severe beatiug, and
the soldiers concluded by hurrying away his comp.+
iti defiance of her piercing shrieks. Ihe poor man made
the hest of his way back to the town for assistance, and
au alarm being created, a number of constables and other
persons has:eited to die barracks in pursuit of the mis-
creants, but could not succeed in discovering them.
search was continued until II o'clock, when it was
fount that the unhappy female bad reached home in a
dreadful state of terror and exhaustion, occasioned by
the villanous and brutal treatment she had sostained.—
The poor sufferer is an orphan in humble life, and dead-
lute of friends. Two of the wretches have been twice
examined, and are committed for trial OU the capital
charge.

THE NATIONAL RIGISTEI

Painticeftimitabe.---Russel. the Herefordshire pedes-
trian started at It o'clock on Wednesday n;ght to go to
Dorchester and back, a distance of 240 miles, in 75
hours, for a bet of (00 sovereigns. It is nearly three
miles and a quarter an hour, ineliiihsiz stoppages
The pedestrian did the first 48- miles ii 13- hours. Ile
went through Andover, ($5 miles, about dusk, and al-
ter haliin an hour in the neighbourhood of Salisbury
at three o clock on Friday morniog, lie reached Bland-
fool to breakfast, where he was detonted longer than
he intended by boisterous weather. He reached Dor-
chester bridge at owe o'clock ott Friday, not being able
to get on over the bleak country high lands more than
three miles an hour. Lie retdrned 36 miles back, and
went to bed, leaving himself 84 miles to perforin in
27 hours, and the pedestrian was fresh and well. He
travelled on at the rate of rather more than four miles
an hour, and had 13 hours to do 48 miles in after rest-
ing at Basingstoke. He travelled in much pain trout
Eghani, but he arrived safe in the Haymarket at half-
past two o'clock on Sunday morning, having won by
more than half an. hour.—Wright, the pedestrian,
started oil Thursday last from Clerkenwell-green, to
walk to Welwyn Mid back, a distance of 51 miles a-
day, for ihiec successive days, at twelve hours and a
ball each day, and completed his last day's task seven
minutes within the time, though the roads were very
deep and bail, from six hours heavy fall of allow, and
the pedestrian himself indisposed. He intends in a few
days to start, to pet form a match against time, to walk
144 miles in 32 hours.
bins.—Olt 'Thursday, between nine and ten o'clock
in the forenoon, a fire broke out So a kitchen belonging
to a chandler's shop and corl.ehed Hi Lancaster street,
Commercial-road, which in a-short tune consumed that
house, together with ail the fornitute, kc. and did a
coosiderable deal of damage to the two adjoining houses,
and it was with much difficulty the flames were pre-
vented from catching the back pails of •sonse houses iii
the neighbouring court. The fire burnt so violently,
that the floor was ready to fall in before it was discovered,
and the inhabitants had but just time to escape with
their lives. One woman, big-with child, was forced to
be carried out. being so much frightened that she had
not power to move, and it was feared •it-svottld coat her
her life,

DARING AND EXTENSIVE BURGLART.SaIIIrday
morning, between live and seven o'clock, some daring
burglars, entered the premised of Mr. Alexander Wylie,
clothier, in Coodnit.street, liond.stmet. The robbers
gut over the rails, and looks- open with considerable
violence the kitchen door, Irons whence they proceeded
up hairs,. and forced the warehouse tli3Or, f vhence
they stole Id rolls of suptilitie cloths, of various hues;
and a number of other articles, to the valise of 45111.
The villains inu.t hale been provided with a coach. or.
some other coot eyaisce, to car .y oil their pluisderofhittis
was of great bulk. W hat makes the atTaik thortdarin3,
a watchman sits oppostie the premises.-
NILLANCSIOLT ACCIDENTS,—WeiIises4/ hoh about
one o'clock, a dreadful accident' happened in
Grace-
church-street :—'Phonies Cote. aged 111, lain of Mr. Cole„
Yard, Lamb's CUMlG4sfreel, was eaereisius. yt,
pair of coach-hoists, whop, ip lusting through the above
meet, the bosses took ,fright, and the unfOrticte young
DWG was piccipitaiell to the granted, whet(' he instantly
tropired,.and was 'Acts uv and removed so St. 'Dumas a
Hospital: in the 1211 it war thscogred fp had received a
severe CUIICUSSiaII of the brain, which writsinated his
existence. The deceased !as •iu the 'employ of
Meredith, of No. 10,"Stitifis Lambeth. Another dis-
tressing accident 'unbent& die saute day, in Lombard
Street--Mr. S. W. Jove:, a respectable told man. 74
years of age, who resides in Taberuacic Walk, Snad-
welt, hail in the tom twig been to Chatham by the
coach, to see his daughter; hating remitted and gritted
the coach. he was inoceteling along Ldinbard Street, to
his home, very infirmly, when by a thew% of passengers
he was pushed into the road, and a cart parish% at the
Sallie lime went over his body, wide') caosed • com-
pound fracture of the arch„ and broke fiveur six ribs on
the left side. The deceased was iststautly conve)eil to
St. Thosuas's Hospital, amid survived plaid the following
morning, about seven o'clock, when he expired. Go-
runes inquests sat oil both bodies. Oi Wednesday
mortiiug last,about ten o'clock, as Mr. Monkhouse, of
Wapping, was riding along Milt End Road, his horse
took fright at a. dmig-cart, broke into a gallop, and
coining .in contact with the pole of a car-
riage, which was been driven at a quick pace, it wilor-
tunately run into the chest of the animal, and killed
him on the spot. Mr. M. fortunately escaped unhurt.
—Oit Saturday morning', about seven o'clock, as a lid,
apprenticed to Mr. Gump, a butcher, of Vlo:llitechapel.
High Stew, was going.liont one part of the slaughter-
house of his - master to the other, he bad occasion to
go down seine steps, and iiistead of walking down thew
he jumped, wisest. his course was impeded by a large
meat hook, which caught his arc, and he reanaiiied
'mutinied until his master arrived and lifted him off.—
'The poor lads sufferings were intense. He was instantly
conveyed soothe London Hospital, when it was tumid
the sinews of his arias were sit much • injured, and the
hash so much mangled, that immediate amputation was
:resorted to as the only method of incurring life. The
patient quietly.submittcd to the earthen', and we ale
happy to hear he is in a fair way of retovety.
BRUTAL. ALATC6l.—Match far 200 sot ereigus. to ride
one horse IgUnillief in 26 successive hours.—Capt.l'igoo,
of the ::,t1 Dragoon Guards, now at York Hartacks,
having, two months ago, made the above engagement
with a gentleman of that city, p. p. to ride his own
horse the above distance iw the time stated, commenced
the undertaking on 'Tuesday I is', at eleven o'clock at
night, two miles in and oui, from Kaildal-lane to the
two-mile stone min Burnham Moor, and perloriated the
120 miles in 916 minutes. Summaty—ls boors 16
11111 l utes work, and 7 hours 14 cumutrs rest.— Foul, 22
hours and 30 minutes.—Thus it will be seen that the
Captain completed Ills task, having two hours and Jj
mititites to spare, without either distressing himself or
his horse.

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SPRING AND NEATII—The substance of the articles
of the great match of two hundred sovereigns for the.
20sta of May was stated Thursday, and after the gentle.
men who made the match hail left, the commoners
had a regular lbw up. Neate had no adequate repre-
sentative there, and his case lost in the hands of ToIIV
Belcher, who nail in Ali. Jackson's presence promised
to pay 15i. nut of she VSI. forfeit due to Spring upon a
former occasion, Mr. J.. passing his word for the other
101. Neate had received a late forfeit of MI. Belcher
refused to pay the said 151. and all the re 1111 l nstrauct on
the part of the gentleman who upon this occasion put
down the money fur Spring, was of no use. lii the
heat of dispute some energetic allosious, hot very cre-
ditable to former backers, were made. Spring utfard
to bet Belcher three bets of twenty sovereigns each, that
he drew first Wood, gave the first knock down blow, sod
won the battle. The std. is to be made 1001. a side ona
the 211tti of April, and the whole of the 2001. a side to
he staked in the hands of Mr. Jackson on the sth of
May, Whelk Spring will have a• benefit at the Fives
Conn.
About a fortnight ago, the Isle of Mats was in some
danger of being overrun by beasts of prey. Some cora•
vans belonging so Polito got into a deep drift of snow,•
our the road between Douglas and Ramsay, when, ow-
ing to the inclination of the vehicles, the beasts were
forced on one side; the boards gave way, and forth
issued tigers, bears, hyalias, amt other terrific ani-
sisals but their ferocity was totally paralyzed, either
by the cold, or the appearance of the snow all arootad,
and happily they were setain got into were confine.
meat, and thus the island was saved front • being pose •
sessed by these unwelcome colonists.
OXFORD Assizes.—The following very brutal wa-•
ger has led to ass action at the Oxford Assizes
Burford, July a, 1822.
" A bet is this slay made between Me. Alston and
Mr. Cole, for Jul. in the manner following :—Mr. Cole
to ride a bay 'ivory, in his poss'ssiuu, and Mr. Willianis•
Alatsts to rite a cliesinit hackney, in his pniSessien, each
party to ride his own horse th gh Clieltenhatn as far
as bilocesier, and back to &mead (tar place front
whence they sun.) They are to start on the ifith of
July together, and that which returiis to Burford first.
tv be the winner. Each to ride the same road.--Signed
by boils the parties, and witnessed by Mr:ilenry Webb."'
The result Id the above wager was, that each party rode
his omit horse 6 miles in five hours and a hall, rod that
the hies of both anilliAls fell victims to the cruelty of
their owners. The advantage, however, was with
11131111, but be disputed big loss to Cole, on the ground'
that he (Cole) hail got off his horse before it arrived at
Burford, and toad walked by the side of the animal into
the sawn. The question was then referred to the Jockey' •
z...C'tib at Newmark,,, and the club decided that it was
'" a drawn bet." Notwithstanding this decision, Mr.
Beale, the stake-holder, refused to deliver op the stakes
to the parties ; which might be *swing to the circum-
stance of a number of other wages and other suits of •
money Vilticit he .held depending upon the issue of the
pre tut case, and ass action. was brought by Cole against
Beale. Verdict for the plaintiff, datnages_.l9l. due' .
austront of the stake.
BUR•I.ARY.—On Wednesday night, at a late hour,
or eat ly Thursday morning, the dwelling-house of
• Nlrs. Peachey, in Cr.stvfortbstreet, Por man-synare, was
rubbed of an immense quantity of silver prate and plaid .
articles, consisting of cattill, sticks, spoons, forks, butter
boats, ke The thieves effected an meatier into ale-
house by the area window, and by breaking the panel of
the shutter: they then proceeded to a room above stairs, •
in which was the plate, deposited in a chest, which they
broke (Teo, carrying away nearly the wlicee of the con.
tents. the vtilams then ransrekethlrawers and boxes,
and those of the servants did nut escape their inspection.
They, however, appeared very choice in their selection,
taking nothing but plate anti plated articles, with which
they decamped without taisarg the least 41.11111.
DRIIADMIL Thursday last an errand
boy named Lee, was sent by his employers with a pace! •
flout Bfll'lll 10 Ciiiii.1113311(1011 1113 way he Mt with die
hostler belonging to Bennett's livery stables, in Ftognsore-
Street, who imprudently lens him a•gentlensait's horse;:
with which lie set IA for the porposeof riding to Clif.. •
tens and back to the stables. When opposite the White
Hart public house, in Limekiln Lane, ththorse
was going at full speed, fell, and the lad was throwir
from his seat, with his leg entangled ill the stitrup—are
lioesertiwgetting up, set oil' at a
,gallop, with the boy
dragging under his belly, and die:annual was not stop-
ped omit he reached Berkley Place, when the unfortu-
nate boy exhibited a shocking spectacle, his Iteadlfleing
completely scalped, his-back dislocated, arid' art arm
broken. Ott beinalaken up, he breathed twice, and
instantly expired. ••
lluitopoexs—cfn IVednestlay night last; between 9
and IWO'ClOak. the dwelling-house of David Sangster,.
Esq. of Upper Kennington-lane, Vsuelsall.. was entered •
you robbed of •propertyconsisting of neck amillt, brace-
lets, earrings, and brooches, to the amount of 200!.
The robbers effected their entrance thrtiu6li the kitchen
'window of an untenanted house next door to the Prig •
tavern, from whence they got on the roof, um, walked
along the gutter until they reached the sky-light of Mr.
Sangster's tttiuse, through which they passed down stairs
to one of the beitrixone, and broke open a bureau which
contained the above properly.
CA SITU/X.—Mr. litannall (of the Newington school) .
was ins Saturday stantimg with his back to the fire, hav•
hug bas hands laelisml Il i 11l sasid his great and lt:r ens
on, when a person who was in the rlll/111 took up one of
his pistols (which happened to be upon the table) with •
the intention of looking at its lock. By smite accideut
or other the pistol wrist tiff, when Mr. Ilubman was
: within a yard and a half of it, and lodged the whole of
its cotton's, viz. tax slogs and fourteen swats shots, its
the lett side folds of his cant., will doing hint she
least harm. Ilatl he been. the sigh at; of 311 sue It more
to the left, the whole cositents would Ilise entered his
body. One side of his great coat was literally blown to
rags.

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