The National Register.
London, England, 1818-08-23 00:00:00

UNION HALL.

Monday. H. Brown, and v Hattori were fully committed
for utTet ing a ferged note to a •hopkeeper at Newington.
J. Gouge was held to hail for jumping from the gallery of
the Surrey Theatre i.,to the opthestra, by which means he
broke the double drum, and other musival lost% 'talents. The
audience were of course much alarmed, and it was a wonder
that he or some of the musicians were not killed.
lc. Lewis was charged with won:tiling Samll 'flionaas., with
whom he cohabited. In a tit of jealousy he cut the back of
her head open with a pewter pot, CO Olathe' skull was visible,
He was remanded until her situation is ascertained.

INITRUSING gentleman in very respectable tic.
cumstances had a son in fondness, for Whom he was can-
tioner ; lout his son becoming bankrupt, he was unable
to answer the demands on him, and became bankrupt also:—
Immediately after this, one of the daughters died of a con-
, wino. Soon after, another was seized with the same
complaint, and followed her sister. The son, having gone
abroad, lost his hoaith, and died also. The father, wishing
to remove another and a favourite daughter, now become
dim lily dear to him, to a little distance for change of air and
scene, was conveying her in a gig along the side of the canal
leading to Grangemouth, when the horse, becoming restive.
fell with the gig into the canal—the yonn4 lady was drowned
he with difficulty got ashore. - All these calamitous events
happened wit hill the short period of one year.— Perth Courier.
CtUTION TO ST IGE•COACH MASTERS.--.On Saturday and
Monday last, before a full bench of Magistrates, sitting
at Elstrce, in and for the liberty of St. Albans, William
Ciao ke, the owner of the Luton stage-coach;George Caswell,
owner of the Barnet coach ; Amos Packwood, owner of thee
Coventry coach ; %Villiain Mountain, owner of the Liverpool
coach ; William Waterhouse, owner of the Liverpool coach;
William Smith, owner of the Bedford coachl mid Benjamin
Bowers, owner of the Nottingham coach, were convicted in
the penalty of five hundred and ten pounds, for earryinc
more passengers on their resptuive coaches than what is al-
lowed by act of Pat liament.

Monday morning, about tour o'clock, as Mr. 11.;lens, a
butcher, of Pinney, was coming to down to attend Smith-
odd Market, lie was met on the 'Wandsworth 10411 by
three itiflians, who stopped him, and-with horrid imprecations
demanded his money. His compliance not being SO C:ilM-
ditiollSas their wish, they beat him with bludgeons moil be
fell senseless. In that situation he was fnmul about %111 hair
altarwards, by Mr. Everett, a fishmonger, of Wandsworth,
who knew him, and conveyed him in a chaise cart to Ws resi-
dence. His packet-book was' found lying in ar him.
Saturday week, as Mr. Blake, of the Ilampstead.road, was
going through Battle-bridge, lie observed an elderly female
walking apparently in a very perturbi d state. At lengfis
she approached Ilia Fleet River, and•precipitatcd herself in,
it. Mr. Blake dragged her out covered with mud, and whit
some severe contusions on her head. She had lived in a re-
spectable way at Pentouville, but had lately heroine embar
russet!, and tois odic asdgiiedalt a reason for the rash attrnipt-
Mr. Madden, cf Anglesca-street, lAthlin, copper-plat(
eti4rover, aas, on the night of- the I Ith inst, apprehended in
the very act of tinging notes on the Bank of Ireland. he
ham in his pre.;sessiun Iw o plates cf the Bank of Ise:AH.l,one
Sir W..A4rxisiiiler, and another of &yeast, which acre all
taken to-the Head Police-olSce, where he underwent a close
exatnination, and was lolly ccaimitted fur trial.
A few days since a shopkeeper at Ex 1111 l ath was COIIS;Cted
before Iwo Ilagistralcs, and lilted in the mitigated petoilly el
111. for giving three 54. I:a4;;.-tulixais and two 1t3,1. ones in
part of change for a note.
Mina; ills and George, who lately escaped from prison when
motel tem.-ace of &ails, have hi ; aril like-
wise four other: of a ile,eperate game, who lately tubbed tir.
Marriot, of Overton Deai.e;.y, near csis town. 'Elie whole of
!lie gang .1411 beet St:Ctia el, thus Ot• or miss hum 114Ve Ils-s-fi set urn
to, and properte f nunl on the t. :t.—A apton paper.
A respite, till farther eiders, has lie. ii received for Charlet
Timmins and George Astir' oft, t‘o of the malelartors tinder
sentence of dealio w Alirew-hilly gmli, tor horse-stealing.--
dololl 1tie114111.4. fur siorep-stcalitug, W eN p, tied to softer.

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Sahli day week, ititotit hall-pa-t eleve:i o'clork, %V. K oit:ht-
soar was ekeeouri at the New 1), no, ht•himl York Cit•lle,. for
administering a triantity or a‘seide to lIL brOther.ill law, J.
00,1sworth. c.I Arkeittl.tle,hvAl rs4VJU,,elui idge, with All intl. lit
to murder hint. _ _

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On I.riday, the 7th inst. Cook F.lois, an inhabitant of the
sh,sidmigton, was flogged through that tows
iousnant to sentence passed nn him at the less' county
at Ayl, ,hor;, tot a!sautting the Rev. .Loog,
of that_place.