The National Register.
London, England, 1820-01-23 00:00:00

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MANSION HOUSE.
MAKEPEACIR AND HARKUR V. THU PAHNIIKAIIIMS.

between these parties was
once more aeilatr•d hate briar. Mr. Wilde, in rouse•
rpielice 01 a letter setmesting the attendance ed the .
pawnlirolsets (room !tlakepeare and Harker) to prueetd
with the identitiaation of the property iu dispute, tu under
to its restoration lit them.
Mess's. Alley, Andrews, and Adolphus, were in atten- .
dance on bel.alt or the paw Wankel s.
It appeared, that during the present Sessions a bill of
indictment was pieta trot against Make, the supposed
Oiler, and being. 'wind, was rro►uved lay certiorari mit) the
Coon or Relines !tench, in order, as it is supposed to pi t-
reed to 0111(ao 1 y. Alakepeace and IllarAor conevii
that this was all that was isecessin y tJ he done on their
pint, now falllP toroned to claim the tratithtton el• the
atobro propel i), upon its being properly
The Counsel for the paw Wankel s, however, 11110 W Con-
tended, that the queption lied assmued a new shape, fur
I Ilia Magistrate, by buttliug over dlr. Harbor to prefer a

bill of indictment against the thief. bad vittually atknow.
ledgrd that a prosecution was absolutely necessary, as ft
preliminary step to the receetry of she property, and
had foe felted the• jortsdietion which the other party Cull.
tended was given him by the :iatli mid 40th of the King—.
'l'l,eprefeeliug.a bill of indictosteot was a mere laret, if
the tloef was to be 'filleted to eselie flout a riuseention
that would 1.1111 iv 01 him u, puoisl object of the
pm' oho okeis u /IS the roust, of the thief, in order to
',tweet themselves against fiend which
might every day be plat-used against thew, and the only
possible way of obtaining Oils would Limping the
piopetty thee& r amd isi proper hands.
bolicitor Mes.rs. blakepeitee and Harkin Raid,
that the at ilstunt ..1 me Lent ned .Coitusel was inappli-
cable to the foe the pi operiy leis clients claimed
was not included iu toe bill of indictment. Only a single
article, mom ly, a gold watch, was matte she subject of
indict:ll.llr, talul the residue of the property therefore
reettauucti as it was ueluir the bill was proreriest.
Adry obsessed, that Messrs. Miskepedee Acid Har.
kur hal no tight to select any pat tieuldr al litsly ; they
weae uutiiiil over to lutist:cute fur tile whole of the pry.
petty, 0111.1 svery at t:cle unglit to has e been included in
the ledielmeel. He hoped the Magistrate would set his
lace animist the desouthl.
Mr. Bilotti! intimated, Ilia he was toot aware of being
called 4111011 to wake any order at present.—He under.
stood that Aldkepeace and lidikur merely attended now
feu the putrube of hiicelifyllig, such► *sticks as wire nut
sp..lkesi to oil lot ;tier tiee.s_turis.
The Auhet•nur, i4l eepiv to Mr. Alley, sail, that the in-
cluding u.e 4. hole properly in our iildietinent, whet, the
111.11Cira Writ* siVIVII at d tithes, IA uel.l have mad,

it paucceding, mud 114* 'given the Cowl the
puwei lu ‘4114.101 11.
4,1 r) drined thi4, and Mr. 'Millie coincided with
the Leagued Ina( the whole el the properly
r. 1.4) la h.v. stern 111Cilltiell.

11...:Su.tetior a heh annt, his divans were willing to give
lot lite
linetsvitothd tat twilit, it Nab It3l.llrd it)

Mr. Andrews Ibis was a fallacy that could deceive
1111 111s111 ut CWIIIIIOII thlarrbt4lldlllg. W 11.41 ht(7111 ity outiki
-ter woad. mite that Malepenee 4ud tied kur, stir bad
add. di) dodliltuht.l 4 ditty 111 e) 04 e•l 1. buil:101y, WOl.llll
0.11..1.14 Il 11.4 it lie hurl was 11l thew puarr, awl they
'id:lvied 11110 11.1- eseape, alld It Vida Ws 111111 U4AILI that
IS•ake was hilund the sea►..
In 'het—mist tot a ills I 'ICI- 414(40140u it was praposed. on
the pad t ut due p•asigtroi•els,, 11141110 Itrelsititi hatilliol 00W
be giveu ulou the que,diaa 4 that me potpva ty should
teasaill la the 111)1011) of the ittftects; and *hat Mein&
Nliskeiarace anal Hai kur situusu ap,d) to the CUlllt of
nest wati, fur a Ilialataitius, w C01111:t 1 1110
to IslllK, au ether Sot tile It blllllllOll of the
pluideri). 'liie outlet. await theti or solemnly argued,
the utslBlloll of the Joilgea *wild be uutamed, alit! the
.rptestiott fiur.fy delel Willed. WhAteVef the (let:1610h
might lie, the pa.% uheis *wild mu.' cheerfully submit.
to rt. 'l•lleir oujerl, it skit Mises bid d, was a vary fair
the) only %kb-lit:11 to I.te protected tit the huncat exerct.•o
ut their iatitilleht, 111511, di d woof uf their fait intentions,
they wuuld contest to lurego thaw claim to interest 00
the moue) adtaisced upon the gaud, io question, and to.
store the inhale to the chiduiants, on their paying the
principal.
The Solicitor seemed unwilling to accede to either of
these prepositions, and pressed Mr. Biruie to make an
order immediately fur the restitution.
The Magistrate SAW, he was uut prepated to make any
order, our did lie expect to be called ul pull do do so 110 W.
Heir the metier fasts at present, the plate reurriutug
in the hands of the seising Mho:rub.

DasAprut rtk.ritiay Morning, between ten and
eleven o'clock, a fire broke out in the dwelling-lathe of
Mr. Taylor. !tatter, in Garden-row, London-road, Saint
George *fields, which, befure the arrival of city en-
gines. had enveloped the whole Whirling in flames. .lua
wind at the time was rather high, and blew the flames
into a court at the back, inhabited by poor people, and
and containing the workshops of Mr. Taylor and Mr.
Butt, chair and rush-mattress-Maker,, winch also took
fire. The passage of the court WAS so narrow, that
much confusion ensued in bonging out the furniture of
the inmates ; many were seriously low, and a great
Fan of the lurniture was destroy.d. At length four or
live engines arrived ; but some difficulty took place be-
fore any water could be got; and whilst the firemen
were employed in raising plugs, the devouring element
had communicated to the Bird-in-Mad public-house,
next door, and also to the back premises of Mr. Hayes,
grocer. A plentiful supply of water beinat at length
obtained, the engines were put in requisition with the
utmost celerity, and by two o clock the tire was subdued
(tt was supposed fluidly), leaving four or free houses
gutted completely. No limber apprehensions were
entertained fur the premises, and the firemen went to
dinner; but about tour in the afternoon the flames
again burst forth with great fury : the 'men, however,
were on the spot, and, being ably seconded by the in-
habitants and passengers, succeeded in extinguishing
the tire totally. The loss was considerable.
On the night of Wednesday, about ten o'clock,
the house of Mrs. Lynn, in East Cross Street,
Bishopwearmouth, was observed to be on tire. The
doors were immediately timed by the neighbours,
but although the lire engine and every assistance
was speedily procured, the conflagration was not
got under till near twelve o'clock. When Mrs.
Lynn was tbund, she presented a horrid spectacle,
being burnt almost to a cinder. Must of the fur-
niture and the floors of the house were consumed,
It is presumed that the deceased had accidentally
set her clothes on fire, and had communicated the
flames to the furniture, &c. Lieutenant-Colonel
Brown, the officers and soldiers oldie 40th attended,
and their conduct was highly meritorious. MN.
Lynn was of the most penurious disposition. Au
iron ehe.st, which was found on the premises, con-
tained in guineas, and sonic papers. 'IL.:
money has been deposited in the bank of Messrs.
Backhouse and Co. at Sunderland.

DIMADITL neg.—A dreadful fire broke out Tiles.
day !wanting at five o'c.ock, in the house :if r. Kerr,
boot and shoemaker, at the corner. of Norfolk-street,
Strand. The flames were first discovered in the lower
part of the house by the wateiltilifil and some rassengcr3,
*tot an alarm was iinittediately given. By this means
the family were providentially saved from an untimely
death. Mr. Kerr escaped with scarce an article of dress
upou him. His daughter was nearly enveloped in
Haines, but was conveyed in a blanket to the house of
an opposite worthy and respectable neighbour, Mr.
lienwick Rohner, who afforded the family every accom-
modation in their distressed situation. Of all the va-
luable property on the remises a few of \lr. Kerr's
account books only were saved. The flames advanced
with an overwhelming rapidity, and in a few mi-
nutes the house was enveloped in one awful blase.
—Engines 4010 every Firemflice in London soots
arrived on the spot, but nearly half an hour elapsed
before water was procured. The exertions of the
firemen were then directed towards checking the
progress of mischief to the adjoining houses. Its
this pendent effort they were successful its Norfolk-
*erect, but in the Strand they were not equ illy for-
tunate. The devouring element soon caught the
dwelling of Mr. Cary, the chart-seller, and in a short
fosse that building added to the melancholy grandeur
of the spectacle. Soon afterwards the roof and front
of Mr. Kert's house fell with a tremendous crash.
The most praiseworthy activity was now devoted to
stem the flames in Mr. Cary's premises, but they • were
irresistible, and soon advanced to the adjoining house
of his brother, Mr. Cary, the optician, which was
also destroyed. At hall-past ten the fronts of these
houses were precipitated into the Strand, but happily
no injury was sustained by the crowd which was col-
lected. This occasioned a complete stoppage its that
part of the Strand, and all the cart' ig and foot passen-
gers were obliged to pass through Holywell-street or up
Wycli-street. In time back of these buildings still
greater tuischief is sustained, but as yet we have been
onside to ascertain the precise amount of damage. The
amount of property destroyed is 0011031 Se. Mr. Kerr
is not insured. We have not heard how the tire
originated. Business was quite at a stand the whole
a yesterday, between St. Llement'i Church-yard and
Surrey-street, tradesmen this not hat mug opened their
shops. While the flames were raging in the Strand, at
ha:f-past eleven o'clock, a fresh alums was given on the
premises of Messrs. Brookes and Son, axle-tree.makers,
on Waterloo-woad. The immediate I trinity of water,,
however, and the prompt assistance of the firemen,
led to its extinction after doing some slight damage.
The adjoining premises being those of' a timber-
nterchaut, the most serious alarm was at one time
felt.
Mnanza aY Poisnx.—We cats scarce find words
in which to pourtray our horror at the dreadful circum-
stances which we are fated to relate. On Sunday last a
young man, named Collins, by trade a brogue maker,
and a Corporal on the Staff of the Royal County Li-
merick Militia, paid a visit to a young 'Amnon, named
Coiopy, daughter to a weaver resisliog at Bolter buoy, to
whom he had for some time been paymg his addresses,
and .was.consttlered in the light of her future husband ;
they were to be united on the following slay. A tatimber
of the young w an's friends bad assembled, and punch
was introduced, of which the youitg couple were kneed
to drink plentifully, and soon after became totally insen-
sible; they were theta placed on a loft together, anti
were found the next mustangs in a st ice of total absorp-
tion, in which they lay wont about two o'clock, when
the vital spark became entirely extinct in both. Thus
they were united, if not its the bonds of wedlock, at
least in the cold embraces of death! Au inquest is now
holding on them by the Alayor, as Coroner. The bashes
have been opened by the physicians, and it is ascertained
they were destroyed In some deleterious drug, which
had been administered to . them. Seven persons were
apprehended on suspicion, tut as t. te examinations were
not concluded, we must stop here. It appears the
young woman was entitled, in her own right, to 6001.,
which, it is probable, was the stimulus to this most
horrid deed.— Limerick poper.
Mr. Accum, the celebrated Chemist, has published
a most interestiag pamphlet, exposing the del, te r i ttt ts
compositions which are mixed with various articles of
food, which mutt trap the human constitution, and have
no doubt produced many consplaints unkitown before
chemistry•was .so well understood as it is at present.
The exposure of these abominable adulterations is not
only carious but frightful, and therefore as poison is
thus notoriously retitled in • slisgoise, why is not some-
thing done to remedy the evils? As the existing laws
are not stillicieinly severe to punish or detect such base
and unprincipled offetiders, a Cumutit Ce of the House
of Commons should sit on the subject inniediately after
Parliament meets, that something may be clone to pro.
tect the community final wicked and sordid knaves. It
would be worthy the attention of the College of Physi-
cians to make a report on the adulteration of many ar-
ticles which are now vended for the food of 01,01, and
give their opinion of the deleterieus articles, as to their
edict ots the human constiimitton, winch probably Min
account in sonar Measure lin the great increase tat late
years of sudden demobs. We hate on record two cuss.
frictions of persons fur mixing earth with flour, amid this,
with the addition of allum amid other immaterial,, must
solely ilepirll.,te 011 the hum us coustitution, and pro-
duce the most destructor complaints.
During the night of the 23d Ikcember, three bri-
gands broke into the house of a clergyman stained Gull-
lerval, at Elamite'', in France, and having forced heir
way into his Cll.l4ober, dens:toiled W.,,,000 francs. Ultimo
the aumiwer to time respectable (mid 111J11, stating that he
could hot maid.), them, they fastened I.uto 111 fits bed,
Wu! has Mg logiited some straw tinder his 1..13
extreme torture. Overcome by pain, the curate _its
to robbers his keys, and they plitudered Issas of ti,thit
francs and mans srluabics.—Justice is in pursuit of
them.