The National Register.
London, England, 1822-04-15 00:00:00

SOUTH W A RK.

The Sessions for the town and borouh of Southwark
couituvticcd on Thursday. before the Lrd Mayor and

14. 4.414.,

THE NATIONAL RECISTER

Alderman J. J. Smith. Mr. Knowl)r presided as Re-
corder.

SINGULAR COINCIDENCE —A young man, named
John ‘Welsh, was charged with stealing 11 sorevigns,
the property of Mr. It Robinson, Nu. 15, Fitzusburne-
streci, Guldemsrptare.
It appeared that the prosecutor had an acceptance for
111., which became due on the 14th of March last, on
which day a notice was left at his house, that the bill
lay at Mr. John Welsh's, No. 37,1,0114-lane. A boy
was sent with money to take up the bill, lint instead of
calling at No. 37, Long-lane, he called at No. 37,White-
street, which is in a line with Long-lane. 'Die boy
knocked at the door, and asked for John Welsh, when
the prisoner, whose name is Julio Welsh, was called
down, and the boy told hint he came to pay a bill of 1 11.
.1 he prisoner sail he did not recollect what the money
was for, but his foreman had been out that morning col-
lecting bills, and he supposed that bill most he one of
them. The boy gave him the money, and also the no-
tice which had been left with the prosecutor, stating that
the bill lay due at N 0.37, Long-lane. Tile prl.,ollCr read
the paper, counted the money, and said that it was all
right. The boy, on his return, was asked by the prose-
cutor for the bill, and on his explaining that he had re-
ceived none, he was sent back to :Let it, when he found
that the prisoner had decamped. An officer, however,
apprehended him a day or two Act wards, to whom he
confessed he had spent the money, but declared that he
repented when it was all gone, and sought the prosecutor
to beg his pardon.
'flue Jury Mond the prisoner Guilty, but recommended
hint to mercy, on aCCOMIt of the greatness of the tempta-
tion suddenly thrown in his way, and the appearance of
snore looney within his power tll3ll probably he had eve
seen before.

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Ihe Itecorder took this very strongly into considera-
tion, and sentenced the pribuner to imprisonment tor
one month.

William Becket was tried for having stolen 7 pounds
of rags, the property of Messrs. Scu%ell and Co. r.tz, mer-
chants, tionthwat k. . .

The Jury (Mind him Guilty, and the Recorder said lie
was a bad tellow, who could not will' safely to the corn-
y remain in a el‘ilized country, and should g.) into
anodn't country for scveri

Rubicry and Escape.—On Menlay night last,
after the family of Air. Flemming, nurseryman, at
Ball's-pond, had retired to bed, Nlr. F. thought
he heard an unusual ruise in the garden, and going
to the back window, saw two women who had sealed
the wall, in the act of pulling down some linen
which hung on lines to bleach. Mr. F. called up
two of his men, and rushing suddenly ism° the gar-
den, secured the two women ; it being too late to
send for a constable, lie lucked them up in one of
the outhouses nil night; but on Tuesday morning,
when the constable came, it was discovered they had
both escaped by taking oil some of the tiles of the
root; carrying with them the clothes they were ap-
prehended for stealing. -
MATCH TO Covalarrax.—Mr. Courtenay, a farmer,
undertook on Tuesday to start to Coventry, front :talc
End New-Town, near Bow, and return in three days.
The distance is 18d miles from the place of starting, and
time was tucked at 2to 1. lie shined at two O'Clodt in
the morning, and was at Dunstable at c 3 ''clock, Slo-
ne)! Stratford at 4 o'clock. awl passed thro' Tiiwcesier
at sinsa, and took two hours rest, after accomplishing
70 miles at 12. o'clock. He touched on Coveatry at 5
o'clock on Wednesday morning, and did 30 miles on
his return at 2 o'clock, and halted four hours; lie was
lame at starting again, which increased, and he reached
Danstabie at 3 o'clock on Thursday, and rested until
six. Ile had right hours lett to do 38 miles, and lie
resigned the task. . _

SIIEEPLE Ctiaaa —The Sweepstakes match of twenty
guineas ecch, between Mr. Coxhea.f, Captain N.
Peters, and Mr. liathotioni, took place on Friday morn-
ing. The start was from Fronk)! Foize, near Black-
water, to Abeitield, Berks. The race lor the first five
miles was over heath, and the horsemen kept the .11(.44
cuts until they came to Topham Cu,te's when they se-
parated, and pitistit.d their own course thirugh a woody
country. They left the rise of Golden Fainter Hill or
the left, anti were within sight of cacti other again ou
Shinfield Common, wheu Mr. Coxhead made all play.
and reached Medici., cluircli-yard in one hour and
three minutes, a distance oS 18 miles, in a straight di-
rection, Captain Peters lost by six minutes, and Mr.
Ws hour tell, and lie was muster' nut altogether.
PEDEsTatantSat.—Ten miles within an hour, which
has always been considered a master-piece of fleetness,
is now booked upon as lucre second-rate performance,
from the frequent occurrence of surh feats lately. A
young man in the name of Beldam, backed himself off
nand, on Monday last without trillllllll4. to perform the
ten miles within OH hour. The bet was fire guineas,
and halt the distance was done in 28 minutes, and the
whole in 58 minutes, with great ease. The pedestrian
was maichrd lor 50 guineas to walk, heel and toe, 15
miles in two hours and a hall ou Monday next.
Out Saturday last, at the Cottle of Exeter. 16 French.
men were brought before S. F. Milton' and J. Croswell,
Esqrs. magistrates for the comity of Devon, charged on
ati inform won ineferred against them bv the Commis-
sioners of Excise, with being found in aFrench lugger
of about 50 tons burthen. oft Otterum lhad, with hav-
ing on board a considerable quantityol sintig,gled brandy
and genera. There appeared little doubt from the evi-
dence, that they sometimes employed themselves in
fishing; but alter a long investigation, and an attentive
hearing of the exceptions to the infOrmaii•m, they were
all
,fully convicted of Ailing. and necessarily fined
in the pena.ty of 1001. cacti, which nin being utile to
pay, they were committed to the county gaol. The ma-
gistrates intimated an intention of applyini to gO‘Cra'
went fora mitidatiou of the t,ett ehee.

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ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES.
A fatal accident happened on Wednesday morning
last, in the neighbournood of Brighton. Mr. Briggs, a
hatter in Castle•sgmarr, accompanied by Mr. Knowles,
a farmer at Cowinlk, who had come from thence to
spend the day with him at Brighton; after dinner, on
Tuesday, took a drive in a gig to liottenbean, where, it
is supposed, they spent the evening, and were nit their
rent' it to Brighton very late, probably ,bout two o'clock.
They had evidently ascended the hill on the Brighton
side of Rottenbeatt, and proceeded as far as Black Hock,
nearly opposite the gasometer, when the horse must have
missed Its way and precipitated himaelf and gig, in
which were seated both Mr. Briggs and Mr. Knowles,
from the top of the dill to the shore, where they were
discovered by the officers from the PfeVClllke Service,
all dead, and in a dreadfully mangled condition. Mr.
Briggs had long been an inhabitant of Brighton, and
was touch respected ; he has left eight or ten children
behind him. Mr. Knowles was also a very amiable
and has left a very large family to lament his loss.
We sincerely implore those persons entrusted with the
superintendatice of the carriage road between Brighton
and Itottenbean, and (vets beyond there, to be awakened
to the obvious danger and insecurity of this situation,
where accidents are so frequently occurring.
On Wednesday morning last, a most dreadful acci-
dent was discovered to have happened in the house of
Mr. Bradford, No. 12, Brvatistotte-street, Nianch: atm.
square, which ineolved die family in the greatest dia.
tress. It appears that Master Edward Pratt Bradford,
came front a boarding school in the country on Saturday
last, for the purpose of spending the holidays with his
parents, and on Monday, alter passing the evening at
home, he returned to his chamber in his usual health
and spirits. '1 he following morning the servant pro-
ceeded to the apartment to call him to breakfast, but re-
eta' ing no answer, she made an alarm, and the young
gentle:rim' was missing from his heti. Every search
was mole after him, and at length he was found in the
front area Tine dead and dreadfully injured, as it from a
heavy fall. There was no account for the taut occur-
rence; but it appears that the unfortunate young gentle-
man must have arisen from his sleep, in which state he
made his way out on the ledges, and was precipitated
into the area, and killed on time spot; he was only 16
years of age. A coroner's jury was called to sit on the
body, and after hearing a ma,s of evidence, they retun-
ed a verdict of—accidentally killed by a fall.

On the same day a house, adjoiming the slaughter-
how,es in Porter•strert, Newport-market, suddenly tell
with a tremendous crash. Fortunately no person wag
in or near it when it fell. The house had been con-
demned by the surveyors, and was abort to be taken
down, and the workmen had removed some of the
terials, and were going to work alter dinner, when they
were met by their employer, who said they should not
go to work until he had given them a treat ; they accord-
in,dy accompanied him to a neighbouring public-house,
and had not been Many minutes seated before they heard
the crash ; bad the+ been in the house the consequences
might have been dreadful.

PA R R 'cum.—Soule days ago, a barbarous murder was
committed at Kilsyth, twelve mites front Gla..gow. A
quarrel tuck place between father and sun under the fol-
lowing circumstances :—The father, coming into the
house, found the son !Ong drunk, and wis angry whir
Stnne-words ensued, but the father, aware °kite
vindictive temper of his um when in that state, left I:itre
and went out to a little distance from the house, The
son soon after got up, and seising a large knife, wllicts
knife, which he was accustomed in his drunken Wit>
wield, rushed mit, and going straight forward to the
place where his father stood, seised him by the three.
with one hand, while he made three stabs into his
bowels with the knife, which lie held in the other band.,
Tne poor man who had souse distance to walk, reached
iris house with difficulty, literally carrying in his hands
part of his bowels which had cistruded through the
wound. The cruel monster fled, but had the savage
hartiihood to return un Sunday Fast, go into the I se,
and survey the dead body of his father The murderer
has for a moment escaped ;hut the ulcers of Justice are
in search of him. It is a lamentable tact, zud one
which affords another instance of the barbarous avid
brutalising effects of illicit distillation, that the unfortu-
nate young man had, for some time previou., been
deeply engaged in the system of smuggling, of I de be•
come so prevalent in Scotland.

STRIPPi NO CHILDREN.-011 Wednesday morning
Ur, ohout It o'clock, two little girls, one a'ed 9 anti
the other 11. belonglikr4 in Mr. 'Fortier, of 1 fietstotic
Park, Lincoln's 'lnn-fields, were playing in the fiAls,
near gignigge-wells„ when a woman, who, the children
say, was dressed lilt's a lady, CdIII. up and told them she
would give them sonic cakes and barley-sugar. if IL .19
would go with her. The children yielded, and she tout
them, one in each hand, to the side of the Flee.-ditch,
under the wall of the House of Correction: The wretch
then stripped the children of their pelisses, and the
necklace horn one of their necks, and the frock from,
the other. and then left them subbing and crying.

On Thursday morning, some labouters digging
near Carmarthen-street, Tottenham court-road, dis-
covered a box containing the body of a child about
six or seven months old, having several marks of
violence upon it. An inquest was held upon the
Lily in the evening, and a verdict rcturne.l cf-
11.1lful murder against some person or pawns un-
known.

It is calculated that the silver lead mines, now
at wo:k in Can and others about to commence,
will ht n few years, raise sullicieut silver far the use
of the kingdom. At Sir Christopher Hawkins' mine,
in that county, a plate of sliver has lken extracted
which weiffica nearly -1001bs. ThiS mine producci
two and zumetimes three such pitrovs it moth.

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LONDON, :MONDAY, APRIL 15.
I hree o'clock, p.m.

Despatches have been received at the Foreign
Office, and it was rumoured last night that the Em-
peror Alexander had resolved not to declare war
against the Turks, without the concurrence of the
other Powers, and that he treats the note of the
Porte, as far us it relist:; to himself personally, tt ith
indifference, as proceedlng from the petulenee of
barbarians, and conceives it beneali his dignity to
notice it further.—if the despatches have been trans-
initt:Al from St. Petersburg'', they probably commu-
nicate the decision of the Cabinet of St. Petersbtirgh,
and the answer to the note of the Divan of the 28th
of February.

Letters have been received this morning from Pa-

ris, dated April 14th, which quote the prices.of the
• .Frencli Funds as follow :—Five per Cent. ConsoN,
• with dividend from 22,1 ithirch, 86f. 85c. ; Bank
Shares, with dividend from Ist January, 1 per Cent.
prim.; Exchange on London, one month, 25 f,
three months, 25f. ; Neapolitan Five per Cents. with
dividend from let January, 66a.

The Paris Papers of Thursday, with regard to the
affairs of Turkey, contain no intelligence of a deci-
sive character. It is asserted, that a negociation is • '
in progress between Austria, Prussia, and Russia,
having for its object the security of the coast of the
Baltic. This report is no doubt in unison with
French politics, which are averse from this country
having any additional naval ascendancy, as the ru-
mour still exists of an alliance between this country
and Denmark, that will give England considerable
influence, so far as regards the passage of the Sound.
is again repeated, that the Austrian troops in
the Neapolitan territories arc to be withdrawn, to
replace those in garrison in Upper Italy, which are
to Le withdrawn ihr the purpose of forming a cordon
of observation on the Turkish frontier. Fears and
npprehemions for the public sr; ty still haunt the
minds of the Neapolitan Ministers, as the King of
Naples has issued decrees denouncing the punLh-
ment of death against any person now out of the
kingdom in consequence of the popular proceedings
in 18•20, who shall return without his special per-

In i sxiion
According-to accounts from Trieste, the Turkish
squadron, which• haul been blockaded in the Gulf of
Trepantc, hod surrendered by capitulation to the
racks. _ . .

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Mr. Zea, the Colombian Minister at Paris, has
delivered a diplomatic note, extremely well written,
and in language lxll and firm, to the Ambassadors
of the different Powers, demanding the recognition
of the imkpentlence of Cukmbia. •

There is no truth whatever in the report that '
.Quizoga and Riego bad been assassinated at Madrid.
It lt;ts arisen out of a clumsy fabrication got up iu
Paris, which contained the very extraordinary addi-
tion, that, in consequence of that catastrophe, the
poptihice of Madrid has risen, and put to depth, not
only the whole of the royal family, bat the members
of the Cortes, not one ut whom survived the fury of
the multitude. The date assigned ter the alarming
event ut Madrid was the Stith Wt. Had there been
the smallest tbundation ter it, we should have known
it some time ago, as intelligence is trequently con-
veyed by express from Madrid to London in seven
daN s.
-Extract from a letter received at Lloyd's, dated
Constantinople, Feb. 25 :—" A Neapolitan vessel
lately came down from Ismael with a cargo of corn
lieltnighog to a Russian House at Odessa, which had
Ito sooner arrived than the Porte seized it, under a
charge of having been concerned in the affair of
Galatz lust year, The Russian House claims the
cargo, but the Porte refused to give it up. There
appears to have beam something wrong, as the
master and crew ran away on the first outcry.—.
„Another vessel has arrived fiom the Danube, laden
with corn, and loving the French flag flying,
which has been :ciztkl by the Porte, and sent to the
arsosal. She is accused of being another of the ves-
sels wacerned in Site Galata business-; her construe-
. Len is said to ha lriot. 1 ive titixit, ale expected
• under simiiiircircuinstanco. The crew of the
.Nlq,::bei bare becu sf,:zeci ty ti:e rur.4.“