The National Register.
London, England, 1821-04-30 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

was indicted for stealing a box coat. value 31. the pro-
perty of Henry Arthur Browne, Esq. of Great Alarl bo-
rough-street. He was found Guilty, and sentenced to
one year's impriso ttttt ent and hard labour, and to be
twice publicly whipped.
SENTENCES. . -

The trials having finished, the Recorder, at half past
three n clock, proceeded to pass sentence upon the cri-
minals convicted during the sessions.
To br trartsponed for seven years:—Eleanor Edmunds,
Marg. Murphy. John Hart, John Head, Geo. Crawley,
Henry Herrin, James Page, Thomas Jones, J. Lacey,
Newland, Benjamin Stevenson, %Wham Sack, G
, .
Smith Anne Williams, J. Smith, Michael Twycross,
John Geeves, James Brookes, Utz. Stilton, Caroline
Humpries, Mary Jones, Edward Long, Win.
Thomas Smith, Thomas Condon, J. Timmins, Joseph
Peeling, John Bellett, %V. Appleby, Isaac Crawley,. It.
Callow, Joshua Jones, John Brooks, Charles Wady,
G. Ellis, William Goodyear, W. Barrett, Jas. Moody,
%V. Bartlett, T. Noon, Henry Saundersnn, 'l'. George,
T. Caton, 'l'. Platt, J. Williams, D. Douglas, Joseph
Sanderson, A. Dennis, J. Taylor, G. Meuse, William
Admits, and J. Burn.
For fourteen years :—Elizabeth Vincent, Hen. Mills
Wingate, H. Stevens, J. Frederick, and W. Sears.
For life:—Mary Webb.
Martha King was sentenced to two years, anti Thos.
Dognerty, M. Mackay, Mary Anne Gordon, Anthony
Callaghan, W. VVotxlroffe, Thomas Perring, and John
Crawley, to one year's imprisonment in the House of
Correcnont

A great number were sentenced to lesser terms of im-
prisonment, and some to be publicly and others privately
whipped.—ln die cases of sonic the judgments were
respited.
The following unhappy persons (20 in number) re.
ceived sentence of death, viz:—Julia Cochet Dubras,
Jabez Pickering, George Davis, William Paveley, and
Henry fletvins, ILrstealiuu in dwelling houses; Richard
Jackson, Thomas Brookes, John Recce, Thomas Lee;
and Thomas Loughton, fur burglary ; James Jordan,
IVilliain Donald, Thomas Steers, (aged 12, 13, and 12)
and Abraham !talcs, for house-breaking in the day-
time Tozeley for horse.stealing ; Mathias
Griscoll for a robbery on the highway, under the threat
of charging a man with abominable propensities ; John
Smirke fur highway rubbery; J0:111 Childs for sheep-
stealing; Cephas Quested, for unlawfully assembling
with arms, in company with others, and aiding and
assisting in the running of contraband goods, and John
Soave, for forging the signatures of certain officers to
Isis accounts, as purser of. his Majesty's ship Spartan.
The stssions adjourned so Wednesday, June the

Died on Wednesday, at his house iu Bruntonastreet, at
two o'clock in the morning, in the 78th year of his age,
Henry Lawes Luttrell, Earl of Carhampton, Viscount
Cathamptos of Castlehat en, Baron Irtiliain of Luttrels.
town, Governor of Dublin, Patent Customer at Bristol,
a General in the army, and Col. of the 6th regiment of
Dragoon Guards; born August 7, 1743; married June
25, 1776, Jane, daughter of George Boyd, of Dublin,
Esq. one of the most beautiful women of her day, as
well as the most amiable. Her Ladyship sun ices him.
His Lordship is succeeded in his title and estates by his
only brother, the Hon. John Luttrell Olutius, now Earl
o• Carhampion. The successor of his Lordship in the
Gdoneley of the 6th Dragoon Guards will labour under
a disadvantage. His Lordship lived long *enough to
complete the quarter of the year ending the 25th inst.
by two hours, by which he was aisle to assign the off-
reckonings of the regiment for two years, and conse-
quently the new Colonel succeeding him, will have only
his pay for these two years, without emoluments arising
from clothing, &c. which belong to the Colonel. Hi-
Lordship's death also makes a vacancy in the represents
anon of the borough of Ludgershall, fur which he was
returned to the House of Commons.

SINOULAR Pusaromearow.—A remarkable pheno-
menon occurred at Bishop IVlonekton, near Ripon, on
the estate belonging to Mr. Charnock.—About two
o'clock in the afternoon of Wednesday the attention of a
person in the service of that gentleman was suddenly
attracted by a kind of rumbling noise, which apparently
proceeded front the stack-yard, distant not more than 30
yards from Mr. Charnock's house. lie at hrst simposed
the noise to proceed from some children playing and
throwing stones against the doors and walls , but on
going IMO the yard he was surprised to see no one there.
On looking up the avenue, formed by a row of stacks,
and leading to the house, he observed a small portion of
the ground in motion, which, after considerable agitation
for a few minutes, suddenly presented an opening of
about a foot square, front whence issued a great body of
water, which soon returning with the same violenceand
rapidity that marked its first appearance, enlarged the
cavity, and in its prowess brought down with it a par-
tion of the surrounding earth, several feet in extent,
which was instantly to be buried in the abyss below.—
The water, however, continued to ebb and {tow,
more or less, during the whole of the day. Some gen-
tlemen plumbed this subterraireous pit on the evening
of the same day, when it was found to be 58 feet in
depth ; oh. water has now subsided, and the remains
settled within two yards of the top.
On Friday last a Justice of Peace Court was held at
Moffat, for the purpose of trying a woman of the name
of Mary Thomson, accused of a violent assault upon
her mistress, the wife of the Rev. Mr. Menteath, dis-
senting minister there. It appeared from the evidence
that the delinquent had disguised herself by blacking
her face and putting a blanket round her, aud in this
state rapped at her mistress's door on the Yd of February
leer, between seven and eight o'clock in the evening,
and Mrs Meutcath, who was alone, opening the door,
the (the servant) seized her, threw her down, and mal-
treated her with such violence as to cause an effusion of
blood. Tne Court having found the libel proven, she
was sentenced to forty days' imprisonment in the gaol
of Dumfries; by which sent( Ace she of course fUtrella
111.1 sages.

SINGULAR SUICIDE.—A boy, only twelve Tears of
age, last week put an end to his existence at Croydon,
by hooting himself through the head with a gun barrel,
which he had previously loaded to the muzzle with
powder and a number of bullets. The youth, it is re-
ported, had been, (as he conceived) severely treated by
some relations, and he repeatedly declared to his play-
fellows that " he would sooner die than he would again
be 'cried so." His assertions wete laughed at, for no
one supposed that he was serious. Something of an till-
pleasant nature again occurred, and then he told two of
his companions that " he would shoot hiinsell." He
could not procure a gun or pistol, but was able to get a
gun barrel and powder and ball. He took a walk with
his sister to sonic distance front his home, and having
lighted a match, he placed the muzzle of the barrel to
his head, and set fire to the prime of the touch-hole.—
Previous to his doing the fatal act, he sent his sister to
his mother, to desire her to come to his assistance, and
during her absence, he fired the barrel, and blew nearly
one third of his heath off. His mother found him a hor-
rid spectacle—a liteless corpse.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—An inquisition was taken in
a private apartment, at Queen's-row, Buckingham-gate,
before Mr. Gell, coroner for Westminster, on the body
of Mr. Robert Webster, aged 27 years, who (lied by
strangulation. The deceased's father is a gentleman of
great property residing at the above-mentioned place ;
and on Sunday last his sun-in-law, with his wife and
family and the deceased, breakfasted together: after
which the deceased retired to his own room, and his
sister in a few minutes followed him, who was in the
garden, in the meantime rubbing the deceased's side,
for the purpose of restoring him; but when her husband
cause, he observed a cord round the deceased's neck, and
he cut it instantly, when a tremendous weight, nearly a
hundred, dropped upon the floor: the deceased was quite
dead, and all attempts to restore animation proved abor-
tive. It further appeared that the deceased was an artist,
and devoted much of his time to the art of engraving
and copper-plate printing, and was continually making
experiments. For the latter purpose he procured the
weight before mentioned, about three weeks ago; and
in consequence of an impediment in the right arm, and
two of the left fingers being contracted, he attached a
cord to get round his neck, as he had not power to get
it round his ne.! , as he had not power to remove it
with his hands. • board was lying between two chaitsi
and the opinion of the jury was, that he attempted to
lift the weight oil the ground upon the board, whets it
slipped behind him, pulled hint upon the chair, and
the cord getting under his chin on the neck, strangled
him. They all returned a unanimous verdict of acct.
deii:al death.

Match to trot 100 Miles in Tteeke eaccessin^ flours.—
This match made by Captain 13easeley, of her, to do
the above distance with too riders—the owner (who rides
12 stone) and leather weight the next 50—took place
over a ten mile piece of ground, on the Ipswich road,
on Tuesday, for 200 guineas. The mare to perform the
task was under 15 hands, but shevved much strength
and blood, and she %vas hacked at 6t05 to win. She
performed 12 miles in the first hour, and within two
hundred yards of the same distance in the second hour,
before the bit was drawn. The first 50 miles were per-
formed in five hours and five minutes. Here the ware
was rubbed down, and she fed well and started again,
after halting half an hour. She next carried little wore
than seven stone of weight, and travelled on pleasantly,
at the rate of ten miles and a half an hour, which co-
vered loss of time and stoppages, and she won cleverly,
with 20 minutes to spare. One in the morning was the
starting time.
Dreadlitl Accident.—A few days ago a servant of Mr.
Beecham, at Peckham, took tip a sucking pig in the
yard, which he indiscieetly carried in his arms into the
stye where the old sow was, which immediately attacked
hun, seized hint by the thigh, and tore the flesh from
the bone, and also bit his leg in a terrible manner, so
that it was with difficulty he escaped from her with his
life.

EZTRAORDINAAY Kietrz.—Sheffield has long
been celebrated in every quarter of the globe for her
unrivalled excellence in the manufacture of all des•
criptions of cutlery ; but one of the grandest speci-
mens of the art produced by human ingenuity, is
now to be seen at a warehouse in Norfolk-street.—
The article to which we allude is a knife, of most
curious and exquisite workmanship, and containing
no less than one thousand eight hundred and liisenly-
ono blades, and other instruments, surmounted by a
crown of gold. at the top of which twenty-one
blades are inserted. We understand the above ar-
ticle is not for sale, but that it will remain in the
possession of tho inventors, Messrs. Rodgers and
Sons, as a lasting specimen of what human inge-
nuity is capable of achieving ; it occupied no snore
than nine months in making.
Last week the body of a woman was found, much
decayed, in the river Wcy, about two miles below
Guildford, which was ascertained to be that of a
widow woman, formerly matron of the Stoke hos-
pital, from which she had been expelled, and had
been missing upwards of four months. Coroner's
verdict insanity.
A rowing match took place on Monday last, for a
wager of 20 guineas, between a master carpenter
and a wheelwright, well known for his aquatic skill.
The distance was from Westminster-bridge to Vaux-
hall-bridge, and back again, which was won by the
latter.

On Wednesday workmen were employed raising a
scaffold near the top of St. Paul's Cathedral, as it is
intended, it is said, to re-gild the hall and cross,
which have for so many year► pact had a very sombre
and dingcy appearance.

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Round I.—This was severely contested, with long lunging
bits, which told on the sides of each head ; it ended in Jones
been thrown heavily.
2.—Both eager to go in, they made severe play for four mi-
nutes, when Jones's nose was tidily laid open, and the claret flew
like ginger beer from a bottle. He went down with the hit.—
The light continued a slashing oue, to the advantage of Brown.
until the 12th round, when Jones was hit down, and he had no
chance after; but his seconds kept him up to the scratch as long
as he could stand. In the ISth sound Brown was declared the
victor.
THIRD FIGHT.

Great Pigeon Match for 7'nio Hundred Guineas.—
Some excellent shooting took place on Monday morn-
ing at Bagshot, between eleven gentlemen of Bucks
and Oxon, with four of the Midgham club, against
all England, at fifteen birds, each, from the trap at
21 yards from the gun. Messrs. Harris, King, Cox,
and Jones were from the club. The match was a
sporting one, as follows—
Oxon and Bucks.
Killed
Mr. Cox le
Hardy
Jones l3
Kemp l2
J. Cox, jun 11
Louis ll
King Ot
Harris tu
Martin 9
Harvey
Foote
Kent
Guse 7
Carmichael
Frost
147 1 140
The counties were basked at five to four, and
England lost the match from the middle of it, as
half the birds escaped from the guns after the 10th
shots on both sides.

All England.
Killed
Mr. llialop
Jacques l4
Saw•ycr l4
Norton l3
Capt. Smith it
Mr. Aliaahul lO
]fart
Gee

Norris

Packwood
Fresldield

Bytivld
6
Harrington
li &otter
Cuthbert

On Nloaday, for a wager of 51. a man undertook
to start from the Bricklayers' Arms with one of the
Greenwich stages, and keep up with it, by running
all the way to Greenwich. On his arrival at the
Centurion, Deptfirrd, he was either so drunk, or so
exhausted, that he could not continue his task, and
consequently lost the bet. The passengers in the
coach he was following threw out money, which he
caught in his hat. The novelly attracted much of
the attention of the holiday lads and lasses.
On Friday, a gentleman, the son of a retired
tradesman in Oxford street, attempted to drown
himself in the Serpentine-river, but he was rescued
from his impending fate by some men going to work.
Losses at play was the cause of the rash attempt. ,

BOXING.'
The amateurs of the ►Willing art were divided on
Tuesday, as two battles were fought in different
directions; but before we describe either of them,
we must give a sketch of a brave combat, which
took place for 20 guineas, at eight o'clock on Mon-
day evening, on the green over Waterloo-bridge,
between a respectable tradesman and a miller from
Lambeth, in consequence of a dispute about a dog.
This was made to be as much in private as possible,
and the evening was selected for it, but the ring was
much crowded. Cropley and Warwick seconded
the tradesman, and the miller %l as picked up by two
of his companions.
It was a slaughtering fight, and with equal ad-
vantages the first quarter of an hour. In the 7th
round the tradesman weitt in with much gaiety, and
floored his adversary by a right handed hit, which
groggified him, and gave the tradesman the best of
it for several rounds. In the 12th round, which
was a very manly one, at equal fighting, the miller
floored his adversary, but he had the worst of it
after, and in the 16th round, when the miller, to
use a technical phrase, was dead beat, the tradesman
was thrown, and broke his leg, which alone could
have won the milks the battle.
SECOND BATTLE.
A slashing battle was fought on Tuesday to the
northward of the Regent's Park, between James
Brown, a lOst man, and a carpenter of the name of
Jones. This was a slice of amusemt fir 121. be-
tween two rare good men, but Jones had more than
a stone of weight over his adversary. Shelton and
Sampson seconded Brown, and Jones was seconded
by two of his brother chips, and to throw a light
upon the mill, Gass was the umpire.

This fight was considered the principal one of the
day, although not so good as the second one. It
was between young Brown, of a choice stock, and
Horsham, who was 71bs. the heaviest. It took place
on Mitcham Common, for twenty guineas. Joshua
Hudson and Harry Holt seconded Brown ; and
Bales and IL. Bailey picked up Horsham.—Five to
four on Brown.
The battle lasted 33 minutes ; but Brown never
gave his adversary a chance after the 3d round.—
The Ist round was a busy one, with equal advan-
tages, and both went down after exchanging hits,
and the next two were contested in the same wan-
ner. In the 4th round, Brown had all the best of
it, and drew first blood, and Horsharn never led
after. There was not ajloorer in the fight, which
took place in a 24-feet ring.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

Celebration of the King's conse-
quence of the recent arrangement for keeping the
King's birth-day on St. George's day, the customary
detuonstrations of respect were observed on Monday.
The morning was ushered in with ringing of bells,
and the display of colours on the different churches
in the metropolis. The new royal standard was
hoisted at the Tower; the ships in the river and
the different docks displayed the colours of their
respective nations; and at one o'clock the Park and
Tower guns fired Royal salutes; the usual exhibi-
tion of mail coaches took place ; and at night his
Majesty gave a ball at Brighton ; the Princess
Augusta left town about twelve o'clock to be pre-
sent at it.

On the 4th instant, whilst a fleet of about 140
English fishing boats were dredging for oysters off
St. Martin-le-vieux, about three leagues and a half
from the French coast, the French brig of war Lynx
came out of Granville, fired a gun at them, and sent
a bout and took possession of one of the vessels, and
carried her, with the crew, into Granville. It is a
question to be decided between the governments,
whether English fishermen have a right to dredge
for oysters at a less distance than six miles from the
French coast. The vessel was released next day.
An American journal reports, that one of the prin-
cipal roads in the province of Chactas is become im-
passable from a species of nondescript mosquito ;
they attack iboth matt and horse, and their sting so
destructive as to'cause death in three hours.
The town of Whichaven was thrown into a state
of extreme agitation on Friday last, when it was
generally known that the inflammable air in the
colliery behind the North-wall, called William Pitt,
bad suddenly caught fire, carrying death and de.
struction to almost every living creature within the
range of its explosion. Six men, two boys, three
girls, and five horses fell victims to the fury of the
blast; and three more pitmen were so severely
scorched and wounded, that, we sincerely regret to
state, but faint hopes are entertained of their reco-
very. This shocking catastrophe, we know, from
undoubted authority, is not attributable to neglect
or want of judgment on the part of the stewards or
overmen ; but was occasioned solely by the impru-
dence of one of the workmen, who, in order the
more readily to find a pick which he had mislaid,
unfortunately opened his safety lamp ; the poor man
lived long enough to acknowledge his error, and to
repent his temerity.
A large fossil skeleton of the Ictliio, Saurus Pla-
tydon, or Proteo Saurus, was lately discovered in
the Blue Lins formation at Lyme Regis. The head
of this skeleton, from the orbit to the termination of
the nose ia, four feet and a half long, with the teeth
well defined, with the process of the Sternum Sea-
pule humerus, &a and the whole length of verte-
bra, being from eighteen to twenty feet in length.
The illustration of the esteology of the lethio Sau-
rus, or Protect Saurus, was the subject of a celebrated
paper addressed to the Royal Society by their vice-
president, Sir Everard Hume, Bart. and was pub-
lished in the Philosophical Transactions for 1819.
On Sunday morning at an early hour some young
men who went to amuse themselves in Copenhagen
Fields, discovered a man hanging from a tree in one
of the hedges; they cut down the body, which was
quite dead, and appeared to have been so some
hours. There were no papers or other things about
him to lead to a discovery of who he was ; there
did not appear any other marks of violence on his
person to lead to any other conclusion than that he
committed the act himself. The body was carried
to the vaults under Isliugton church to be owned.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. On Sunday morning,
about twelve o'clock, a female of very youthful and
interesting appearance, respectably dressed, was
observed to walk down Strand-lane towards the
Thames, in a very wild manner. On her arrival
at the bottom of the lane, she stood for a short pe-
riod, looking at the water; her conduct excited the
attention of Rime persons who were near the spot,
who proceeded towards her, but prior to their ar-
rival she plungod into the river, and remained
under water for some time before the waternian and
other persons succeeded in rescuing her. She was
then in a state of insensibiliiy She was carried to
Mr. Langley's, of Newcastle-street in the Strand,
where every assistance was rendered, and she was
speedily recovered. It appeared that seduction was
the cause of her committing the act.
On Tuesday, while the steam engine of the cop-
per-works at Morriston, near Swansea, was at work,
a poor boy very inadvertently placed his foot upon
the safety-valve, which occa►ioned the Darrel to ex-
plode, and there being three men at work in another
part of the engine-hoase, the steam, from the sudden
expansion and consequent raritication of the air,
fitirly carried one of them to the stairs, a distance of
no less than 17 feit ; the others were pressed vio-
leraly against the door leading to the office. One of
the windows was shattered to pieces, and the wall
much injured. The men escaped unhurt, and, we
arc happy to say, the boy is likely to recover, with
the exception of the loss of his sight leg,.