The National Register.
London, England, 1820-11-19 00:00:00

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INFAMOUS AFFAIR.--. 41 few days ago Major M—
and another gentleman called upon Mr. Birnie, as
Bow-street, to ask his advice upon the following
mysterioua and disgraceful occurr.ace:"fhey stake;
that a beautiful young girl, siiteen years of age, the
li,;;;;later of a widow lady, residing at Chelsea, had
been seduced from net narents by an old
gentleman, upwards of sixty. It appeared &satiny-
hoary debauchee had been laying siege to the unfor-
tunate and infatuated girl for some time past. She
was in the habit of frequently walking out with her
little brother, and at such times this alas &variably
placed hlmseif ialer way. It further appeared that.
at these interviews he mresenbd himself to her as
a Peer of Parliament, and tidied tf attending his
there on the trial of the Queen. At length rim
miserable girl consented to abscond with him, and
nothing since has can heard of them.—The worthy
Magistrate immediately took..measures for the dis-
covery of the fugitives, and it hasjin consequence of,
those measures, been ascertained that the seducer is •
a Baronet, and a Member of Parliament. He is,
moreover, a married man; and, though upwards of.
60 years-old himself; his wife is not more than 20..
It seems that be carried his prey to Scotland; but .
at the instance of the worthy Magistrate above men.
tinned, a writ of Habeas. Corpus has been issued,
calling upon him to produce the body of the young
lady, the being a minor, and she is in consequence.
daily expected in town.
Dreadful Accident —The village of Walton-orr-
Tham...t, like every other throughout the empire,.
was anxious to testify its joy at the recent triumph
of her Majesty, and on Saturday evening the inha-
bitants illuminated their houses, and a considerable ,
number of persons, having procured a cannon, pro•
seeded to discharge it in different parts of the neigh.
btiushood. When discharging it near•the residence •
of Sir Henry Fletcher, the piece from being over--
charged, burst, and the consequences have... waved
most dreadful. One individual of the name of North„
was killed on the spot ; another person hard his leg
so shockingly Lacerated, that amputation,. it is •
-thought, must be performed; a third received a
splinter in his shoulder, a fourth had a great part of
his apparel burnt off his back, and. several others..
were more or less injured.
Fire al Hanunersmith.—Tuesday- moaning the •
ntighbourhood of the above town was thrown into a
considerable state of agitation, in consequence dn.
fin: having,bmke out an the house of Mr. Dighy, a
broker, residing is the Broadway, in the above
'town. It was said to have originated from a flue,,
which had a dangerous connexion with the first.
floor, where the fire was first discovered. An im-
mediate.alarm was made, and assistance soon arrived
grant damage was, however, done. The flames;
communicated to the house of Mr. Pemberton,
holsterer, but which did not receive much injury?-.-
There was a good supply of water.
CURIOUS Areactlertston.---Thursday afternoon,.
Mr.Omer, of Thomas-street,Commercial-road, while
reading in the ground parlour, was disturbed by a,
noise, as if a cat had got among the china 011 the
side.board, and on going to the door, no person beinir
in the parlour, he observed a youth having Wallowa
in at the window,.the sash of which he had partly
raised up, endeavouring, by means of a long wire
crooked at the end, to abtain a thermometer which
lay on a table. He walked cautiously across the
room, and the thief never once perceived Mr. 0. till
he ]rid hold of him by the arm. He struggled hard.
to get off, but Mr. 0. secured the villain by pulling.
him in at the window. He was about ten years of
age. and of so diminutive a stature, that he could
scarcely reach the window. He was taken to Lam.
beech street Police-office, where he gave his name
William Surgeson, and was committed to the Ses.-
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Four thieves effected an entrance into the house
of It. Paisley, Esq. Monument Place, near the new
burying-ground, in Mary-le-bone-fields, on Thurs..
day last; but they were put to flight by the alarm
of a terrier dog, as soon as they had scled the walls.
They passed a huge yard dog unmolested, and got
into the parlour passage, when they were seen by a
servant, who set the alarm bell ringing, and they
retreated with a pistol shot after them ; but fhs-.
want of assistance, pursuit would have been dart.
gerous and unavailing.
On Friday afternoon a dreadful accident oceurred
in High-street, Whitechapel, to a young nun named
William Forbes, who being subject to apopletic fits,
was seised with one in attempting to cross from his
own house to the oppoAite side of the street, and fell
down and became quite helpless: a waggon heavily,
laden came up at the time, the driver of which tw.t
being apprised early enough of the accident, so as to ...
be able to pull up his horses, the whee!s of the wag
gon passed over the unfortuttue young mates head,
crushed it to a mummy, and killed him on the,spot.
There appeared to be no blame whttever *IOC to the
waggoner. An inquest was tak...at twfw.'e ti r.
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wit, tha Coroner, on Ow body, ail,l a vor,!:-t ot.
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