The National Register.
London, England, 1821-02-18 00:00:00

FRIDAY, PER. 16.

This day the London Grand Jury came into Court
with their last bills, when
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Mr. Baron Graham discharged Mein with the usual
compliments for their services.

BANK PnosEctmons.—Seventeen persons were ar-
raigned on Maximums, charging theta trim having in
their possession, and uttering, certain promissory notes,
well knowing het» to be torged and counterfeit, pin-
Borting to be those of the Governor and Company of the
ank of England. Thirteen pleaded Guilty to the minor
offence of having them in their possession, which sub•
jects them to 14 years transportation ; and four pleaded
Not Guilty, who will take their trials for the °Hence.

DARING GA NO or Bu R•LA M—William Robinson
and William Powell were capitally indicted for borgla-
rionsly breaking and entering the dwelling-house of J.
Manton, E•q. at Sawn: all, and stealing therein a large
quantity of ;yearn/ft apparel, linen, and other articles, his
property. Sarah %Valliant.; and Alary Jones were also
put to the bar, charged with receiving part of the pro-
perty, knowing it to have been stolen.
The two men were fauna Guilty—Death ; and the
two women were convicted of the crime of receiving the
goods with the knowledge that they were stolen.
Robinson and Powell stood again indicted for a bur-
glary in the dwelling-house of -- Parker, Esq. of
Southall Green, and stealing therein a silver tea-put, a
silver stand, a great number of silver spoons of various
descriptions, gtc.; and Edward Drinkwater, a well-
dressed man, was also indicted for receiving the plate,
knowing it to have been stolen.
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This runglary took place on the night of the I till of
January, hut no discovery took place of the offenders
until Powell and Robinson were apprehended, on th't
charge of breaking into the house of Mr. Manton, and
then the prisoner Robinson confessed that he and Powell
committed the burglary now charged, and in conse-
quence of some information which be gave, a search-
warrant was issued, to search the house of the prisoner
I)rink water, in Oxford street. .

About fifteen respectable persons gave Drinkwater an
excellent character.

Mr. Justice B t :unlined lip at great length, and the
Jury found all tin! !trimmers Guilty.
The saute prisoners %vete :spin tried upon an indict-
ment, charging Rutinmon and Powell with stealing, and
Drinkwater with receiving, a great ttttt liner of valuable
articles, the proptal of Penn, Esq. of Stoke Park,
near Vt, undsor.

Robin,t:n was found Guilty, Ind the evidence with
respect to the other two was inconclusive, and they were
acquitted.
In the course of these in ia:s it came out, that the pri-
soner, Robinson, kid fortnedy lived servant boat with
kyr 411,1 Mr. Punt.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

MILL EX7'RdORDIA4IIY.

A Correspondent has sent us an account of a
boxing-match of rather a novel description, which
took place in a bye-lane about three miles from
London. The combatants were a young gentleman
a collegian, and a Herculean blacksmith kind of
man. The young one was backed by his friend, a
swell Lacier, and the Cyclop by one of his own
kind.
Round I.—lt was terrific to see the shirt-surrounded
arm of the Trencherman opposed to the huge naked black
arm of the knight of the anvil, and to have betted by
appearance, the odds were any thing on the latter. They
met one another boldly, both on the sparring system.—
The young one showed he had no slight knowledge of
;he use of Ilk daddies. The smith thought be had, and
he was wrong; it was all strength against science.
Trencher politely tipped his opponent a heavy compli-
ment on his ear, which the smith not liking, lost his pa-
tience, tell-to on his shop system : looking tor Trencher,
he we• soon dropped.
2.—The Smith went in at once, beat down Trencher's
guard, and bored him down, Smith uppermost.
3.—:ttenith sgain on the alert, when, in coining in, he
got a good straight one somewhere between his " nosegay
smeller." and his po tatoe trap," which sent one or his
best ivory " dinner set" down his throat He would have
aeelcd down from it if Iris second had not very inifaiily
shoulder'd him tip. In a close both went down on their
sides.

4.—The young one got somehow puzzted, and was
floored in the lie-lip magazine.
5. The battle had lasted 13 minutes, the pima; one was
piping. the Blacksmith looking queerer thaii lie liked or
wanted to look, but the Trencher knew lie was to throw
away no chance, if he wanted to win, so in this round lie
made all the play be could, got out of the way of the Black-
smith's rush, :god just lent lion a small teazer on the vide of
his head, which turned Jilin right round, ticswell following
up liis advantage, robbed his opponent seriously, and
light-
rued him of the trouble of lotiktug out of two eyes at once;
the Blacksmith grappled at riiiidum, and was thrown fur the
lirst lime in a rally.
B.—Sauth now came to the scratch a real Cychips, as
one of his eyes was hermetically bur Led up, The young
one had nothing to do but hit nay with the little strength
he had left. It was all op with the Sant!), " Carltuu house
to a Charley's shelter:"
Three more rounds the Smith came to the scratch, but
rather languidly, he st emed to be a tliortni.;ti gluittiii, The
young one had recovered his spirits with a drop of I)eady's,
and insulted the Smith nicely for the insult that had led to
Ili: mill. Toe swell was one of the best hitters 1 ever saw ;
and the Smith lost the tight by throwing away the chance
iu the beginning.
The swell wrapped himself up in an upper boodleskiii
coat, and di live 111 iiis
Tile Smith was taken home on a shutter. The mill lasted
31 Milltlieb.

Desperate asslrage, and attack on Police.—On Mon-
day, a countryman, who was returning h from
•Id with a drove of bullocks, in going near
Mile End turnpike, wits attacked by a gang of ruffians;
who, after giving him a severe cudgelling, drove one of
the bullocks away, and proceeded with it up the various
street into Bethnal Green, treating the poor animal in
the most brutal manner as they went, upsetting the
different persons, hint-stalls, &c. in their career, and
robbing almost every person who chanced to come in
their way. Information was sent to Shadwell office,
when two officers, Hewitt and Partridge, repaired to
the scene of action, accompanied by five or sot special
constables, and s !cured the bullock, which was much
lacerated, and bleeding profusely, having one of his
eyes punched out; and were proceedim: home, when
they were attacked by upwards of 100 of time must dar-
ing of these ruffians, who surrounded the officers; and
armed with sticks, stones, and other missiles, coin.
mcnced a most merciless attack on them. The officers
and their assistants, fought most desperately for some
time with their t heons, but were knocked down,
trampled upon, and beaten lit a most cruel manner.—
Partridge, being an old man, suffered the worst of ally,
and was carried home, having the features of his face
quite disfigured, and his body and legs dreadfully beaten,
and is now confined to his room most seriously indis-
posed. Hewn, the constable, also received a severe
drubbing. Two large mastiffi, who accompanied the
latter, shewed sufficient ;nook of fidelity, as they brught
with their masters against their opponents, several of
whom experienced their dreadful bites.
Lately as sonic men were digging brick earth in a
field opposite the West Irma of the Roman ea nip at
Custer, near Norwich, they discovered, about fit e feet in
depth, the remains of two bodies, which were, ni. doubt,.
those of tt soldiers. Nothing was entire of them,
except several teeth and a metal brooch of copper, (bow
in the possession of Miss Dash‘t ood) excellently pre-
served, although they C:1111101, have been interred less
than 14(10 years; the time when the Romans left thus
cottony entirely, being A.l). 427.

EXUCCTION S.—The following malefactors were executed
on Tariday morning, in trout of Newgate, pursuant to then
sentence at the Old Bailey, viz.—T. Elliott, J. Wootton,
and W. Bullock, for street robberies, attended with eircum-
eumstances of peculiar atrocity; and A. 1 let 1111 l ingway,
concerned ail ,Wi hh, who was executed Dec. 3, 1820,
for rubbing Enfield church. Elliott was the first who us-
coaled the Kandla ; he came up a ith li tune's and scenting
contrition. Wootton and Bullock canoe next. Previous
to Bodin k's coming ou the fatat drug, he said In the Rev.
Mr. Bitk:.r--• Su help me God, 1 tau 'rut of the erotic
fur a Inch lam about to suffer." Beinittingaiiy air. the lust
hrunglit up, lie ackuo,aledged the justness of his semenee.—
Before they were turned oil', they all shook halals w itb each
other, and seentril quite resigned to their fate, and, a ith au
audible juice, sung—" The sinner's lamentation." The
Rev. Mr. Cotton, and the Rev. Mr. Bithet, attended them
their hurt moment,.

The county of Cambridge "Loa' Address," after
in havg been boa to, and kept open lo.r signature at the
Lamb Inn, in the city of Ely, a whole f ghts received
4:s many mums as that fortnight contained days.

15

A fire broke out in the heart of the city of Wor-
cester, about two o'clock on Saturday, which will
be deplored, not only on account of the loss of pro-
perty, but for the agitation and alarm which it
excited in the inhabitants residing within its range.
This conflagration broke out in the National Girl's
School-room, situate in a confined part of the city,
called " The Trinity," and whilst the children, to
the number of 14, were present. The children
rushed to the window, a height of nearly 20 feet
from the ground, on which they alternately sus-
pended themselves until they were caught in the
arms of individuals or in blankets which were ob-
tained fur the purpose. One of them was lacerated
in the ann by an iron hook—the others providentially
eseaped without the slightest hurt. Engines were
promptly despatched to the spot, but for a short
time the scarcity of water prevented their being
efficiently brought into play with as much speed as
the fears of many desired. The flames soon com-
municated to a warehouse underneath, belonging to
Mr. Lea, chemist and druggist, in Broad-street,
wherein, and in buildings contiguous, were at least
SO barrels of gunpowder, 40 hogsheads of oil, and a
large quantity of turpentine and other combustible
property, a great portion of which, to the credit of
those who so judiciously and fearlessly exerted
themselves, were removed from the premises in time
to avert the danger with which the city was mo•
mentarily threatened. The back part of the bank
of Messrs. Farley and Johnston, which adjoined,
was its imminent danger, as were the upholstery
rooms of Mr. Freame, and the warehouses of Messrs.
Archer and Williams, and Mr. Turberville; but
we are happy to learn that these premises were un-
injured, save by the mischief which precautionary
means ever occasion. At four o'clock the fire was
happily subdued, without having occasioned any
further damage than we have stated. The exact
cause of this disaster has not -been yet ascertained,
but it is said to have originated in the school-room•
Some time past a countryman sold out stock to
the amount of 4,2001. all of which sum he had not
proceeded far before his pocket was picked. Imme-
diately a reward of' 2001. was offered tbr the restora-
tion of the notes, but to no effect; but the Bow-street
officers ascertained that the notes were sold for 3001.
A negotiation took place; the holders required
1,2001. to restore the 4,2001. which the loser would
not agree to ; at length the purchaser of the above
notes offered them to the owner for 5001. which ac-
cordingly was agreed to, and a meeting took place
last Saturday morning, in Brixton-fields, between
the purchaser and owner of the Bank-notes. The
purchaser held in his hand the identical small red
pocket-book, containing the four one thousand
pound notes, with the odd hundreds, and the owner
of the notes held in his hand a five hundred pound
note. After some trifling conversation, a mutual
exchange took place, agreeable to bath parties.
When the owner of the property got satia possession
of it, he drew a pair of pistols from his pocket, say-
ing immediately, "go your way home, and I'll go
mine," each taking a different direction.
New Triode of Fishing.--Several years ago, a
farmer who resided in the immediate neighbourhood
of ►.ochmaben, Dumfriesshire, kept a gander, who
mot only had a great trick of wandering himself; but
also delighted in piloting Unlit his cackling harem
to weary themselves in circumnavigating their na-
tive lake, or in straying amidst forbidden fields on
the opposite shore. Wishing to check this vagrant
habit, he one day seized the gander just as lie was
about to spring into ins favourite element, and tying
a large fish-hook to his leg, to which was attached
part of a dead frog, he suffered him to proceed upon
his voyage of discovery. As had been anticipated,
this bait soon caught the eye. of a greedy pike,
which swallowing the hook, not only arrested the
progress of the astonished gander, but tiirced him to
pertimm halt' a dozen sotnersets on the surface ot' the
water. For some time the struggle was most
amusing—the fish pulling, and the bird screaming
with all its might—the one attempting to fly, the
other to swim, from the invisible enemy. At length
victory declared in favour of the feathered angler,
who, bearing away for the nearest shore, landed on
the grass one of the finest pikes ever caught is the
Castte-loch. This adventure is said to have cured
the gander of his propensity for wandering ; but ou
this point we are inclined to be a little sceptical,
particularly as we lately heard that, at the reservoir
near Glasgow, the country people are in the habit of
employing ducks in this novel mode of fishing.
is Pedestrianism.—Mr. Young, who started upon
the Herculean task of sixty miles a day for twelve
successive drys on Monday last, arrived at Hunt-
ingdon at eight o'clock in the evening, perlbrming
the sixty unites in tburteen hours. He started again
at three o'clock on Tuesday morning, and our in-
tinanant left hint fresh and well four miles front
Grantham, Lincolnshire, at four o'clock in the af-
ternoon. His route will be in the line of the Glas-
gow mail, as far as Ferrvbritlgc, through 011ertmi,
Worksop. Doncaster, Ste. The match is for 200
guineas.

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