The National Register.
London, England, 1821-12-03 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

On Monday afternoon a female, one of Decker's followers,
appointed to meet bon at Cnesberwell, for the purpose of
being there baptized by him in the Surrey Canal. Oa the
arrival of the prisoner on the bank of the canal, be corn.
ineuced preachinx, and he soon had a large entigregatioh,
aho at lint paid great attention to his address, which was
at hest delivered aWI a peculiar style of simplicity. On
the arrival of the female who was no be iminers: d, he olfr red
up a prayer on her behalf. The people paid great attention
race' g solar rude buys, hail women, and some low fellows,
till he took the woman by the hand (she having fridened
her clothes down to the lower part of her legs), and led her
Iwo the contd, where they began to shout Wild hILIZZ3, nod
throw dead dogs and cats into the water. Ile requerrtrd thc
good people to be quiet a few inosinuits. Sileuce being a
little restored, he took his station in the water by the
woman's side, and having put one hand on her shoulder, and
held her hands with his other hand. he addressed her—" Art
thou a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, and that lie died to
save sinners P' The female answeted, tt lieve in Jesus,
my God and my Redeemer." Ile then, lifting up Isis eyes to
heaven, exclaimed—. My dear sister, as a folio er of the
divine van ogle of the crocitird disti., :old as a believer in
him, I ha plize thee in the mune of the Father, the Son, and
the Huh Ghost." Ile then dipped her by gently forcing
her into the water bac It wit ds. She was plunged under the
the water, and Caine oust dripping „et. A Durk was thrown
try. r her; she shook hands wilb Decker, :Ind walked h
four miles in her wet apparel. As soon she was gone, the
craw d assembled began to play ti lc. with Decker: they
pushed him into the water, trod upon him, and Indicted him
at ; and the clierelie arden ilocrieled and brought him
to Union Hall ; i tit it being eight o'clock hefore lie arrived,
tho
.ist tat e was gone, and he witsordrred to be taken to
a waicii-itouse until wag day. Glatiiinii, the otlicer, whir
k..ei,s a public-houw, took Wm under his protection, dried
ills eloiltes, and gave biro a het. Ile looks water only, and
eats the coarsest food, mud that 'very spurnigly.
On his heing brought hefts i• Mr. Cliambris, the Magistrate,
it appeared that the prisoner had COll/11111leti lIU legal offetice;
lie had not begged alms; v: lieu money was offered him, and
some persons did O'er him rovereigns, he refused to touch
the money. If ally one asked him to rat, he would lake a
little, jle•t entiugli to sup pus t nature ; hid if money was put
iii his hip he would put it aside, and lease them, wishing
than good speed."
Mr. Chambers said the man was a foolish fanatic, but his
conduct was harmless, noel nnleri d !inn In be doe hared.

T.,. prisoner said that fur four yours he had (peeps called
to preach Chi ist, nod he had Kline on hi. master's business
without purse or scrip; be had not hueh:uehed coin for that
pct ind, and yet he never wanted food. Elijah was feed by
ravens, and Gad :dm provided fur . Flu object is restore
primitive Ciiiivataiiity; tont his mission, which he had
teceived front God, is 1., go union,/ the Heathen, the
Grerk. and Turks. to convert them to true Christianity. He
is soups to SCI sail for Greece, and a ill visit Jerusalem. His
pass.ge hasbecu paid Dy a gealltalaa, a friend of his. Ile
was asked to psintecnte the ',ciao" who 11,sailliCd I at
Camberwell ; but be replied," Nib God forbid that 'should
put any man in bondage. God forgive them, they kith a Out
abut they did."

MYSTERIOUS DenTit.—On Smithy, the 25th inst. a
female 114:1% allZ, !tallied Eleanor Trittuti, who lived as
cook with Mr. J. Curling, Of Ozengell, near St. Law.
rence, in the Isle oi 'nutlet, left her master's house on
a %I,t, w her staler, at Sandwich, and was expected to
rennin in the evi ning of that day ; but the hour of nine
had arrived, and not making her appearance, two of the
men servants 01 the house went out to meet her, and in
a (orter of an hour afterwards, witea near the direction
post, where the road from Sandwich diverges to different
directions, they observed a gig or one horse c:ialse ap-
proaching, in which were a man and a female, and
having made theins.dves known, the wonta:i called to
one by 1151114 earnestly entreating they %%mild 5101/ the
horse, and adding,' For God's sake take Inc out but
the man who was driving instantly whipped the horse,
which set oil at 101 l gallop, so as to preveht any attempt
to snip it, One of tile persons, hon•.ser, pursued the
ellalte oil foot into the direct mid leathug to Itainsgate,
and totlovved it in mat threc.ion till it ;screened that the
driver having passed Nether-court, had turned out of the
turnpike road into a lane on the right, leading to Pegwell,
and accortintgly crossed the fields, tile more readily to
in ercept it ; but Iwitig misuccesstul, he still continued
the pursuit into Rainsgate, where, by die light of the
laughs, he first discovered that the I. aisle was
and the Hiatt who drove directing his course thrtingh
Rainsgate into the mad leading to Margate, all blither
trace of thechaise was lost ; and it being now test o'cloek,
he save tip the pursuit, and returned to his master's
iimise. A;i immediate search was in emisegitence made
in every ditection, d g the night, fit the female wilts
was mussing, but without success, till abotit live o'clock
on Nlooday morning last, as a mill named Wood, was
proceeding limn the vicinity of this city, with a cart load
tit Lain., to Ramsgate, he discovered a lets sale lying lile-
less in the road, within a few roils of the grounds of
Net II er•coli rt, which upon further inainittatiou vs is
Mond to be the body of the unfortuti tie woman, with
several bntacs ill her lace, as if 1111111 tile ell.-cis of WOWS.
Astistalice tieing 001. Weil, the IN/11y was (*.Mkt' 10 the
workhouse at St. Lawrence. It did 1101 appear—Croup
purse, coimuning a sovereigii and I.ollle Silver, witch was
101111 d ill her pocket—that she ha I been robbed ; and it
is to be lamented that the person who pursued the chaise
stiould, ill crossiiig she tennis with tile gotxl intenhou
above described, have lest the 1115111 road befOre he
reached tile spot whets lite body was tumid. Tote de-
er rsed was about thirty years of age, and had lived with
Mr Curling, at Ozeitael I ,upwardsoi live yrara,by whom,
as well as by his family, she was h reap mil for
her gouil conduct. Since w r ' g the motive, we learn,
the man who drove the chaise has been discovered, and
emninittid to St. Augustine's gaol, oil the result of the
inquest shall he known.

Toe stake-money for the fight between Hickman (the
0.-lll,lit 111;314) and Neale, the Brticol hero, the best awn
Al the day, 1t as made absolute oo Wednesday' by staking
the whole of the 2(X) guineas a side, for the Little fur ate
mm4)3011,14 of England, on the I ills 4.f nceenihm—
Pier: was touch ceremony over the staking, and Gus
was backed at six to four, until the takers arm !carp—
A point wore is ahout the betting.