The National Register.
London, England, 1820-01-10 00:00:00

TIIE NATIONAL ItEGISTEIL

On Monday morning, at Doncaster, two or three
men. who were strangers, and call themselves Ranters,
proclaimed through the streets that there would be a
preaching in the Corn market, at two o'clock, at which
hour a considerable number of persons had assembled ;
and after the speakers had taken an elevated situation,
and commenced singing, a constable informed them the
Magistrates Would not allow them to proceed, when they
quietly dispersed.
An inquest was lately taken at Horton, on 'slew
of' the body of John Wiggins, aged 20. it appeared
from the evidence of Thomas Woodbridge, sun of
Mr. Woodbridge, a farmer. at Studley, Bucks, that
Wiggins was shepherd, and Jess), Gomm, carter, to
Mr. Woodbridge. They were sent with two wag-
gons, loaded with barley, to Mr. Field's, a =dater,
at Theme ; young Woodbridge went with them to
open the gates; the-barley' was delivered at Mr.
Field's, who• brought out a can of beer, which
Wiggins and Gomm, and three other men, drank.
On.their way home, they stopped at a public-house
and drank four or five quart' more of beer, so that
Wiggins and' Grimm moon• became intoxicated.
Woodbridge, who appeare.to have acted very praise-
worthily, in codeavonring to twort the consequence
of the (idlers' intemperance, obliged Wiggins to get
into one waggon- w1.P.1 himself end Gomm tuck
the direction of the two teams. After various nar-
row escapes, they.caree to a bridge at Carbagebrenk..
when the fore ..vheel of the waggon driven by Comm
slipped stn the side of the b-.ltalge; the waggon was
in Lonsegitence upset, Gomm and Wiggins thrown
Lint° the water, awl Wiggins trtr, &celled. Vert
'—iNclientally Iroweed.•
Thursday an inquisition was held before T. Stir-
ling, Est:. Coroner, at the Queen's I lead, Islitigton,
on the laxly of an infant recently torn. T. Hill de-
posed. that he found the deceased quite naked, lying
on its back in the foundation of some intend.-J bail&
ireit Back-mad, tslington: A turgeon examined
the deceased and the Jury returned the following
verdict.—That the deceased was born slive, anti diet!
through the neglect (Wits mother.
On the morning of the 19th ult a sloop, with
coals, from Workington to the Isle of' Man, was
forced by a violent gale into the bey of Luce, and
ran aground between high and low waver-melt, on
the shore of Gillespie:. When day-light appeared,
the situation,of the sloop•was discovered f.ota tl.e
shore, and every exertion was made to save, if pot- 1
Haile. the lives of a father and son, the only perilous I
on board. A boat was sent for to the bey of Au-
chinmuley, about a mile distaat, but the two men
upon the rigging could not hear a word from the
noise of the sea, nor be made to undetstar.d by all
the signs that could be made to them, that the peo
ple on-shore were bringing a boat to tl.jr relief.
• The young man perceiving that the vessel must
awn go to pieces, resolved to trust to his stir:mining.
shook hands with his tliti...r, and said he would en-
deavour to 1.,,et a boat to save his life ; but, when
near the sleire, a distant breaker overwhelmed h.... 1,
and he never appeared again upon the surface orate
water. The bout came in-time to Wave the father,
who had not left the sloop more than ten minutes,
1 when the mast iitl overboard, and she became a
, complete wreck.
STAG FlusiT.—A curitiusoecorrence.--(In Tues-
day, the `2lst ult. (St. Thomas's Day), as usual, a
stag was turned out from Blenheim park, the pro-
perty of the Duke of Marlborough. .t direeted its
Bourse towards %Vie:Man, and fruit. thence it took
the high road and proceeded to Osfurd ; met then
followed one of the twist btasutitui and picturesque
sights that can be imagined. The sta.:: and dogs in
close pursuit, followed by a great numbe: of well-
known and experienced sportsmen. prmeelaul up
the High-street as tar as Bruzennose College, when,
to the no small astonishment of hundreds til.spectit-
tors, the stag took reruge in the chapel, during di-
vine service, where it was killed, suns ceremonie,
by the eager dogs.
On the vlitli ult. as Mr. Pirlilermit,e, a respectable
farmer, was reit !!!! ing front Brritstaple-market, with a
considerable sum of money tit his pocket, lie Watt thrown
by his horse over the bridge, and has not yet la en
Mond. It is suppose:l Witte persons held a role across,
and by lining it up when he was itassithc, frightened the
spirited al ttttt rl ; and thus, by an idle frolic, caused his
untimely and lamented death. lie hiss left s Wile and
Me small children so bewail his loss.
tirtiarday night, about set en o'clock, as the Michell
Is ge was going along near the Red Cop, at 11011i:way.
• 111311 who was a passenger on the coach 104 from the
I. ot t tttt I the rimil, amid was kitit•dill,talltilleti(Wly. Tile
deceased oli named Marsh. The drucasvil 5' ,s when
ID a pobia: holi,e fur the Coroner's inipiesi.—Auntsa lite
o'clock die S.IIIIC emu g,JattleS Kittititato, timer 01 the
Wailing suite, tot its way to too ti, tell from his 1141 N
into the 01.01, and the wheel passeri to er li s laxly and
killed hum.. 'l he tl,e:ased was itelfectly sober at the
. anti is soproted OP have been .n:arkeii wins a lit
of apoplexy. 'Die hinges being at liberty. set tilt in bill
ttallop, hut were liwiiii surly MO; led by n 11111114( .14.itils1
a sa.caose headed with hay, a .4 the 11.15WItgrrs ste.taisied
no it Jury. Ihe accident itappeued beta vett Coithatml.
.11111 Loaigi4J.
Ail ox, of the short•liorned •Lincoltishire breed, was
killed at Lyn.' last week, which, when Ili tog, NaS ill
fat two inches its beialtt, and weighed CSU ,tuna

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Mary Wright, a person who practised on the credu-
lity of others as a fortune teller, was found dead in her
bed, at her lodgings in Mount-sheet, Plymouth, on
Thursday morning. Two females, wishing through
her means to pry into futurity, not being able to gain
admittance by knocking, broke open the door, when
they found her as abate debcrihed. An inquest haven{
been held on the body, the Jury returned a verdict—

Died by the Visitation of God.
On Saturday week, as a poor labouring man was
returning home from Bristol to Bedlam', thrones
Piiglefs-field, he was accosted by two fellows, with a
denitnd of money or life. The poor man, having pi/-
chased a new jacket with part of his wages, had but !4.
remaining, and this he refused to glee up. One of the
fellows hereupon knocked him down, and rifled his
pockets of their whole contents, furth.•r insisting wOO%
the soirender of his new jacket, for which one of them
gave him his own in exchange. Arriving home„ and
searching the pockets of the ill.crxiditinned wrap( .r of
iniquity, the poor titan was agreeably• zotonisliNl if. find
in it a ten-poimil Bank of England notet--doulitl..ss, a
recently nude prize, obtained from some less fig %imam

On Saturday an inquest was held at the Art el Inn.
on view of the body of a new-born malt • child.
when, after a full investigation, the Jury returns d a vim-
diet of Wilful Murder against Rosalie Churcoda a native
of Switzerland, the mother of the infant : and the Cu.
rover, in consequence, issued his warrant for cr lnmittiug
-her to gaol, hut at present she is 100 ill for retreival.
Gil Friday night last the dwelling-hours of Mr.
Barrel!, botcher, of Thurston, was broken into, and
robbed of all the meat which had been preparo•d for sale
on the tol:owing day at our market.
On the :Tel ult. the White Ilan Inn, at Middenhall,
iwoubierglarionstly entered, and robbed of &lee hams,.
two pigs faces, and a piece of dried bacon.—Slaw night
the meat safe of John Swale, Esq. was broken into.
when a eidelle, shoulder and neck of mutton, two brace
of partridges, a hare, a pheasant, and a rabbit were stolen.
Wanestlay last an inquisition was taken at
Brantford,. by Sparrow. gent. on the bodies of
:I'. K. Harvey, aged la, and G. Pinner, aged u :tie, who
the day hefi.,•e beteg sliding on a pond, the ii•e broke,
and they were both drowsed.—Verdicts, accidental
dead'.
A-wontan went into a shop a few days s'nce to buy
some grcceries, which sne selected to the aitionet of
4s. Cd. and tended a 21. note in payment. Thu person
who served her suspected she wattled the change fur the
purpose of lutarding, and said, " Good women hate
you heart: tits.a shillings will soon pass for M. only."—
She said, " I have got 201. in silver at home, sad will
get rid of it. if that is the care." She then wont home
and got the bag. and after getting rid of the silver.
declared she would hoard no more. The bearding of
silver gives great encouragement to coiners, auto there is
hole doubt but a great deal of that 110 C/ heardeei is bate •
coin.
The fol:ewing is an extras: of a letter to his ••••fe from
a convict sent from Ipswich to Botany Rev, dated
Sydney, February 7i. 1819 :--'• have a •try good
p ace, and a good toaster: we never work on ,Stinuays„
or in the engin. I expect stem to be foreman in the
Jb I flutter inyeli to sty I um the best own in the.
country; therefore. could h I _ace the• opportunity of
getting off the stores, -i•could have ally wages I like to
ask ; bt.t th..l 1 cannot do, under -four years, valets you
could come over to take Inc off.- !al my .presetst iituation
I ge: no wales, lon thaw ten :lotto-half pound's of flour
and ten and a half poundso: beef weekly, and a suit of
ck.thcs.stielt as they -are,. every six ....... tots ; so pa I of
lily Meal 1 t..`1110 lOW 111 C lea awl and pay any
fodaitigr, where I sot v cry caution:dile for is. per week.
ship that is 11 tw coming. to Eitalatid bas got alt
fink; to the Secret-try of State or send nut a member of
wrialeii 10 their htistum&, by the next ship. • L made
apidication dim you, hot was told I had beeieso little
while ie the country, that it cuuid not he granted.
unless L bad blemish* a certificate of my genital
character from home ; but, it 1 conducted
prole (It , by the neat order, 1 surely should be.
1 which will ire eight ur tell months then the present
date. 1 can assure you this Is a far better country
for a working man 111211 England. A man that
will make himself useful, and is off the stores, may
car,, 21. per week , even a 111.1 h at tar tttttt g day-labour
'cot hate ha. per tray. I w.sit it lead been poss;ble bee
t.tti to nave C ttttt C Deer Will. roe : I could have got into
oissinerr directly. Here are two wills 110 W standing
still ter want or tenants; it takes but a small e:Tiaal to
get into business here, of Ole bakers all go to market
and bey their wheat, poncl pay the miller Is. per bushel
for grinding; if dressed is. (el. Atl grain is sold in 111 C
market, ley the bushel, ofi the earls that bring it, tiro
same as they do the Well at your market. Peaches are
Id. per dozen, and lesson twee a penny."
On Thursday se' Ott an inquest was taken at EJst •
Basuto, in Norio It, Itelore John Pkrion, Geol. Co.
roner, on view of he hotly of H. Kerrey, a child about
eighteen ln old, who died is rousetructice of hat.
mg been severely borne V, relict—.lcesseental tieash.—
On the following day another itiquest was eict, !metre
the Sallie Coroner, out ItICW of the body of A. Et i ttt lail,
'a child ouly twt Ice [vomits old, whip was must tiratl 111
bed by the slde of her ttttt ther early that t ttttt Mug. The
Jury, after exalitlitilig the body, and ale) alit wiineso•-•
said as there del um .11 pear any livirks of toleoce ois toe
deceased. returned a ‘ettllCl—Died by the lla.launu lot.
Gll4l —And 1/11 Srnniay last auu,hrr unquiet dues lalo-is
atlibefore the emits C rev, tin view of e.“•.
nom) 01 Edward Cleircii, a lad anout eiau yeas of
won w..s Iron lira the preceding day its a piece of w ore
called Rl,llrshy' Broad. It appeared Ili evideliee that
.his boy It al been to school, and ilede.l.l of iellirlllll4
at lii caul 11,110 in tile eveentig, went tote
hleusad to and the ice tail mg way he fell in. ..n4
every ae.orelt Was shade for Ism, hair he 11.14 ruts Pt '1,14,
till the tiOlowitia ttt3tttt its. V rdict—Acoacutal d‘4141..

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