The National Register.
London, England, 1818-04-06 00:00:00

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The county of Fitrrey was on %V etinitiday disgraced by one of those
swatches, which supinincs,. are too often suffered to
base Once .it this boastcd age of r:tinetiten! ; wMit is ir.L.re asto.
wishing. the acct.,. of aetit,:i was fixed en NI!. kie..i,tni Down, near
1 esiherhei.d. almost in tint vicinity :If the spot where the Judges, /ex.
woe ataemi..)l..ll for the purpose ofhoiclingthe A sees fur the County.
we ihail proceed to detail dm cirewmatances. for the amusement of
Nudi as can be anwit..tl thereby. It is is us a nail...eons and painful
duty. fainter said spring u e:e the combatants; Harmer and
Itelelter seconded the fernier, and Crib and B; rime the latte:.—hers
so $ and ton the former.. . .

ilmrrn L. The men vatted for three minute: witliont a hit being
exchanged. spring., in planting a blow, hit short ; long warring
occurred, whin some hit., were exchanged. anal Painter received a
blow or the side of his cheek that sent him staggering, and in falling
the back of his head and part of his shoulder came in: Lontact with
one of the stakes: of the ring.
1. Painter seemed somewhat steipified from the effects of this ac-
sident. but appeared quickly to his time. Spring again hit short
when Painter planted a sharp facer vi nil hies left hand. More lung
sparring occurred—some blows were exchanged—when Painter re
ceived a hit and slipped down.
I. Spring planted a hit and got away; Painter made a hit, but
Spring followed him Met the sin;;. Tao sharp counter hits °enured
in the body. Spring laughed and gave Painter a noMer and got
away dexterously. Painter made play and put in a severe facer ; and,
in closing, the latter endeavoured to attire his antagonist, hut in
srruggling the strength of Spring prevailed : lie not only held Pain-
t,r's hands, but extricated himself in a gallant style, and planted a
hit on him as he was going down. In many parts of die ring it was
Lien even Mating.
t. Long sparring occurred. Same hits were exchangwl. In closing.
fpring held his opponent's hand to prevent being ;wired. both
down. Spring uppermost.
S. The fOrte of Printer seemed to have materially changed. There
was 731.re.scienre exhibited than ::vr.S. performed. In closing Spring
threw Painter.
severe minter nobbenc occurred. Painter hit short, when
Spring returned a sharp blow on his mouth. In dosing String got
Painter down.
Painter commenced this round by planting a blow on the head,
and one on the body of hi. opponent. But in closing Spring tell
heavily upon him.
8. Painter put in threwfacers and got away. It, closing both hung
on she ropessnid went down.
n. I'ainter planted several fuses with success, aad one was so se.
vere duet had it not been for the ropes, Spring must have gone down.
In closing both went down.
in. Spring hit short several times, and Painter planted a good
itobker ; but in return he received some sharp hits, and went down.—
Great applause for Spring.
I. Painter endeavoured to punish Spring in the act of closing
but the latter instead of holding him up as lie might have done, let
Painter down, and put up both his hands, and he now became in a
great measure the favourite.
The remaining YO rounds were of no interest, Painter having be-
come so weak as to fall almost every time he gave or received a blow,
and resigned the contest after lighting one hour and ttP4 minutes.
A minor fight, and a bull-bait, closed the ignoble sports of the day.

F.tEcurtow.—Friday morning being the time appointed for the
execution of John Little, for sheep stealing. at Waltham Holy Cross.
Ewa, anal Wm. Petting, fear venous burglaries at Westliani and
Wanstead, at an early hour an unusual number of persons asses bled.
upon the melancholy occasion, expecting, no doubt, to witness the
evmution of Judith Hale, but who, however, with Win. Brown, h;d
previously received a respite during the pleasure of his Royal ilisgi~
eras the Prince Regent. Petting was deeply affected at his awful
,uwasste. Link, on the contrary, betrayed throughout the greatest
indifference, and appeatedlost to every feeling of repentance. Whilst
the executioner was tying the rope about his neck, he called out to a
person among the crovd, whom he knew, "Jena, how are you, my
boy. wet you come up and shake hands with me before I start.”—
'flie man was actually preparing to asccald the ladder, for the pur-
pose of complying with the prussm'a request, but was very prudently
stopped by the gaoler, who immediately ordered him out vet the yard.
After shaking hands aryl kissing tech other, the fatal platform have
way, and she unfortunate men wereraunched into eternity. Little
Was 57 year: of mic, and Perriaget.
It is a curious tact, which is not generally known, that the body of
the celebrated Laurence Sterne, which was interred in the church-
yard vet St. George, was taken up shirty atter his burial, anal devoted
to the purposes of the surgical professon.
Madame Fouclie. Duchess of Otranto. has (doped feseu reague.
she was carried off by the son of the conventionalist, Thibaudeati•
•fhe two fugitives are initialling in Germany : they were last seen at
Irankfurt, at a concert, where the new Helen attracted attention by
her jewels.
In taking down the south west tower of Northumberland House,
it was found, that one of the main beams felt a foot square, was
nearly decayed through, and must iii a short Sine have given way.
Ni1.11,11/El4. OF Mat. BlllD.—Wedoesky worctins, the sup-
posed to have been an accomplice with klinisey, in this horrid trans-
action. was sent off to Maidstone jail.
Fiat:.—On Monday a tire broke out on the premises of Mr. Janus,
a blacking-manufactiuct, in Somerset-place, Hackney-road. in con-
sequence of a 'pacleaettle boiling over, by which the interior was
destroyed ; and we are sorry to add. dim the mother of Mr. Jones,
and his daughter, 13 years old, were so severely injured as to be
taken to the Hospital, with but faint hopes of recovery.
There were one hundren and eighteen prisoners fc,,r trial at the
Assizes for thnecatuity oft.loarcester, whab commenced on Thursday
morning.
One day last week, while the sexton Ills Billing up a grave et
I/artinoutli, he fell into it and expired.
The chimney sweepers have been very active of late io
publishing exaggerated accounts of the danger of tool china-
Inca, and amide traced many tires to this source. On a can-
' did examination of this stiLjett, which tke late benevolent
exertions of I,ord Auckland have suggested, it appears the:
the foulness of ehinnties is generally owing to Hie boys not Ast-
ir, able to clean them fully, and leaving the upper past of
' the chimney tinswept. This circumstance is only to be ob-
viated by 'mechanical chianti, ricreping. The machine cannot
deceive its employer ; and the persons eppaitated to inquire
into the business. dud oho hate suggested [Leis a‘rticie. cannot
find a siiiitle well Authenticated example of a chitsiney beaog
co tire which was regularly swept by the machine.
i.%ICeASTEN.-0/11,0111/ V. kirTl.Elt OIL/ 5..-. This was an ac-
tion Mr eompen.astion in damages for &breach ofromiseofmarriage.
. 'T no, jury awarded the lady 7,0901. duniage,•--Fvensnr rdpee.
The ,ailicitors of the flank hate had to conduct, on the cast Mid
mai • areuit„ no fewer than 82 prosecutions. z'suct is the distress
Willi is felt at receiving Bank of England paper at Leicester. that
tee y few with ro receive it, and all prefer tbe notes of !Aral &tanks.
r. tertian. AXE ty SlClLY.—Letters front .•icily sk a several
111'.:• ..-s,i% e eurdatutakes which task place shout the m4o peaf
February,
i- the environs at. Catania. By the Past; neati.y tfl`the homes were
dar.aged, and sesair-aa ware thrown down. From sixty to seventy
p:nons perished. Itt the second and third. thi< cathedral and!tbe
'tad seminary of Cousair., with more than half of the city, wise
reduced to a heap drains. A rya number ii the-Inhabitants, and
aaistima then several Faciesuesties of distinctimi, were buried in the
mins. Al! the nautili* papidation had encamped dl the plain.
havactv s.stmeala iw Socruereax.—Nearly the ilia, of the
marsh side of Union-street, Bonsogh, has beak 'sKin by the
v
Fauthwark Bridge Company, and die houses are now •i ' s detrib•
Lsited. Is nuke way for the frannation of the grand oversee barn jbe
is too, of Surrey to the bridge.

TIM, NATIONAL REGISTER.

POLICE.
MA KSION HOME.

EATrNSIVE Rostanity.—Wednesday Edward Benvon was
charged with plundering his employers, Ntesors. Pearsmis'
and Pritchard, vvarthousemen, in King-street, Chcapside, of
property to the amount of upwards of :1001.
Mr. Pritchard stated, that the prisoner had been for more
than two years employed in the firm, and that the utmost
confidence was teposed in hint. From tic extensive nature
ut their trade it was almost impossible to detect any depre-
dations upon their property except by accident; and the pri.
stater would never have been suspected of dishonesty had lie
not suddenly absented himself from the warehouse on Mon-
pay selmight. Suspicion being thins excited, the stock was
strictly examined, and it was thought that a large quantity of
salnahle stuffs was missing. Inquiry was made at several
pawnistokers' shops, and at some of them were found pieces
of stuff which had been pledged by a 111311 answering the de-
scription of the prisoner. By dint of further inquiry, the
rout of the later was also ascertained. and the witeicss,aceom-
panted by Hawkins, the Marslialm in, saccreded in tracing
him to Alton, in Hampshire, where he was taken into custody.
Hawkins, nu searching him, found a waggon-office receipt•
for three large boxes, which had been sent from London to
Birmingham, and also some krs, which he acknowledged to
belong to those boxes. 'the officer then proceeded to Bir-
mingham, where h, found the boxes, which were tilled with
studs. 'these, from their being of a very peculiar leathern
and manufacture, were immediately identified hystlic witness
as the property of the firm, and the prisoner was brought to
London. He was accompanied by a genteel young woman
when he was apprehended. lite exact amount of the property
of which he had plundered the firm could not be ascertained, ,
but it was more titan .1001.

Hyatt', of BisioPsgate-street; Reeves, Redeross.itreet ;
Fleming, Neweate-street ; Fie ::: i t Fleet-market ; Russell,
Fore-street ; and several other pawnbrokers, produced whole
pieces of stuff, which the prisoner had pledged. The whole
of these were Identified by the prosecutors.
Mr. Harmer, who attended fur the prosecution, complained,
that three other pawnbrokers, to whom be had twice given
notice to come tarward with property pledged by the prisoner,
had neglected to attend.
The Lord Mayor commented with considerable severity
upon this reluctauce to ai.l the ends of justice, and observed
at the same time, that they were generally much too eager to
receive Kends of value in pledge. Pawnbrokers ought to in-
terrogate most strictly any person bringing property of the
description now produced; but there did not appear to have
been the slightest question put to the young man at the bar.
He (the Lord Mayor) could not help Wl:king that the fre-
quency of crimes of this nature was in a great measure to be
attributed to the facility with which stolen property could be
disposed of. The prisoner was tally committed fur trial.