The National Register.
London, England, 1819-10-24 00:00:00

TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER.

A most brutal and daring attack was made upon the
person of JL. lircon, Master of the Academy, Down-
ham, upon his own preinims, as lie was returning house
front a party of friends late in the es ening of the 2d hist
titiconscious of hat ins offended any one, much less the
wretch implicated, to whose lillllllly he had shewn much
kindbess and benevolence. A man named Thottipsam
had secreted himself in a haystack (it is supposed with
two other confederates), near the gate, and commenced
the outrage in, tiolently seizing Mr. 11. by the collar,
who acting upon the defensive, struck 1 • a smart blow
with Ibis stick, which broke iii its contact with
his heath. Mr. 11. thus rendered defenceless, was re-
peatedly knocked down by hint, Dud abused in a brival
manner, till he was literally covered with blood ; many
blows were apparently givim by a hurdle stake (the
fragments of which were found upon the spot on the
following morning, besmeared with blood), which per-
forated the hat, into which some blixxl was (knell.
Notwithstanding the weak state into which Mr. H. was
reduced, (loin repeated struggles and loss of blood, he
succeeded in pursuing and securing the sit ain till as-
sistance arrived, which placed I within the charge of
a constable, from whom he was rescued by one tit his
confederates, and nas at present eluded justice, althout.th
a warrant was iiiiii issued I. r ins apretiviisiosi.
The Inspector-general of the Irish Prisous to nuns us,
that he had visited a mansion of misery in Galway, cal-
led a '• Bridewell," in which he found to wretched
women, of vet was incarcerated Ito less than 12
months, another 3 months, and the remainder several
weeks, all being in fetters. " What are their crimes?"
said he to the gaoler, naturally enough. The gaoler
knew not their chines; lie 'lad no written committals;
t.I he cool(' tell was, that lie bad verbal directions front
town Nla,ristrate to detain them, and that he detainee
them accordingly ! The Inspector.general ordered the
unhappy wretches to be libeated, and reported their
ease to Government.

Friday last an inquisition was taken at Itrnmerhvell,
by Mr. Wood, junior, on the body of Mr. It. Onles,
who was killed the preceding rllOllllll2 h) a red deer, the
property of Mr. Joseph Stammers, of Melton. .1 ere deer
:raving attacked Mr. 0. in the sight of two women. and
the shocking appearance of the body, left no doubt
whatever upon the minds of the Jury, as to the cause of
his death. and they returned their verdict accordingly,
inakiirg the deer a deodand, and Mr. Siainnters, at the
unanimous favors& of the Jury. promised fro shoot the
a • 1 insinemately.—Nir. Owles was formerly a res-
pectable farmer at Gleutliatn, but had retired from bu-
siness.

Swow Sive bd.—Between I and 2 o'clock on Friday
morning a great fall of snow commenced, accompanied
by a violent hurricane. The wind blew from the north-
west, and has done considerable damage in and about
the metropolis. The roads at the entrance of I.ottOon
were its several parts impassible, particularly at Wel-
thatustow, where a number of trees were torn up ny Inc
roots, and lay across the highway, compelling travellers
to make a circuit of several utiles The snow had also
accumulated near a foot steep, and the pathways in the
fields were not passable for foot passengers.
SHOCKING Eves-r.—Vu the tat instant, William
Fawley of Louth, went to nut in the Woods a few miles
from tow place, and met with several other persons who
had gone to those woods for the saute !noose. /laving
gathered some nuts, they were met by one Lre suit
others, employed to watch the woods, in order to lodge
informakons,according to law,agamst trespassers therein.;
when, after several abusive altercations between the
nutters and Lee and his coinpaitions, the litter OAT
being armed with a gun) proceeded to take the touts, by
fore, tutu their own possession.. Having thus deprived
Fawley and many others of the killing, though, strictly
torlaw -lid fruits of their labours and amusements, he and
one of his comrades, of their own authority, took one of
the towers, a sailor, unto custody, and eseuntd him to-
wardsLoittli, where, asthey told hint, he was to be impri-
soned in the House of Correction. boon afterwardsFawiey
left the rest of the nutters on his return home, and upon
the highway, about a mile from the woods, overtook
Lee and the other person who had the sailor into custo-
dy, and alter isalking with them about half a mile fur-
ther towards Louth, Lee, without further ceremony,
or any other authority than his own, arrested Fawley,
and insisted upon his going to prison also; threatening;
the Sallie 11114 V, mat, if he refined, he would shoot hint.
wfey, naturally- sopt.osing the man to 1w only joking.
walked away from him, when, hornide to relate, Lye.
,it the distance of al,Ght 20 yards, deliberately shot at
wounded his retreating captive in time
611 lei:: He ran alum' sixty yards down the lane, anti
then, from excessive pain, fed upon the ground. He
was soon afterwards c kkkkk eyed, in a cart, to Louth, when:
he now lies, such through the unremitting attenuffils of
a skilful physician and surgeon, is apparently out of
danger,although his leg was deeply penetrated by the shot,
forming about 50 distinct wounds. By order of the
uI tinstrates, Lee is safely lodged in the prison where he
had, shortly before, threatened the unfortunate to tin.
of his cruelty with confinement.

A most daring burglary was committed on Thers.lay
night lam, on the premises of Mrs. C Id, of Hackle-
worth. Gloucerershire. by a gang of blur desperate vil-
lains. who broke into the house in the thllowing man-
ner s---They first attempted to poll down the frame in
the back door ; they then attacked :mother part of the
house, by ret iiiiiiiiii the *tunes of an oven; but here
being ilgjill disappointed; emir removed the tiles font,
the root of toe hack kitchen, .by which means three it:
them entered (the fourth remaining • irk), owl 140.
eroded to the parlour. where they ransacked the di:to ers
of a beJurean ; but out lititlitie •it homy Ilicre, thee
went to NI n. 6's ttttt which were Mb
and her Niece (a girl alwitt 11111. ,r,115 old); here they
inttnrtliately threw M es. G. on the bed, :Ind einered her
with the c!or lies. and beg.) at r.liing IlledraWerS), Scf.. from
which they took a few silver table swims and some
cash. The screams and alarm given by the child, by
springing a rattle and cr; ins out tut:War, front the

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window, soon attracted the notice of somt hthe neigh-
Lwitirs, and on peering some one alproac v 111.11143
made a precipitate retreat.

AGRICULTURAL MaPTING.—Mr. Childe's Agricul-
Meetting, and Annual Sale of North Delon Cattl, ,
and Leicester Sheep, took place on Friday, the 10 Mgt.
A large party of Mr. Childe's friends arrived at Kinlet oti
the day uelore, and viewed the excellent stock that was
intended to be disposed of, and inspected such as are
reser% Two years old in call Devon heifers sold floor
2ul. to upwards of 301. each ; and bullocks (of the Sallie
age), as high as 401. a pair, and some of the Leicester
theaves, at 41. Os. a head. All the eminent friends an
agriculture remained at Kinlet until Saturday, and pre.
violas to their departur,, many of them insiwcted
Mr. Chilli's highly cultivated ;inn, on which their
at'eution was particularly directed to the effects that ate
evident on the wheat stubblo, that were last year
covered with burnt clay ; and to the poor cold tallow'
about to be sown %stilt wheat, that have been abundantly
dressed with that article; and in investigating the pro-
cess of converting clay into a most important atiatitire.—
They agreed in opinion with Mr. Citable, that by drain.
inn in the first instance, and afterwards applying burnt
clay, the pooreNt cold lands may he rendered of infinirdy
inure value wan has hitherto been supposed by the must
• agriculturist.
Oii %atiirtlay night la.t the ennitting-room adjoining tea
shop of les.rs. Gresham anal AViroilward, of Bristol'. *al
✓utted. Time thieves succeeded in taking down ter iron
bass of the window, and thereby obtain,d all
They ratioteked the desk and thawers, but fortunately
only a small sum of money had been left Mr evening pre-
y 1111 l s, with which they decamped, without ettecniniiiir
Wither depredation. Hitherto the villains have not been
detected.

The fishermen belonging to 1111akeney en Monday N.(
discovered, jowl over the liar, several floating balf-aukers
of gin, which led them to a further search, and after a
statist time they brought up 193, which most have been de-
posited there upwards of 12 months, as they were rovereil•
with weeds, and oysters growing upon them; the rope
that held then. together was quite r.dien, and gave u
which led to the discovery. The liquor appears nut to
be ignored, best is a little discoloured.
DARING lIIGIIIVAT Itosseatt AND ATTEMPT AT
MURDLR.—On Thursday eveuing lasi, as Mr. Strick-
land, hrouna Manufacturer, residing at No. 4, Penning-
ton. place, Lansbeth, ne r liercules-buildings, was re.
turning home from Woolwich, in company with a Nlr.
J •g, they were followed by a gang of fellows tires
wed in smock-frocks, apparently come from their work,
until they arrived in a lonesome road, between Wool-
wich and Greenwich, where else fellows in a moment
were lost sight of, which circisinstance released Mr. S.
and ids friend from the idyl of bring beset by robbers.
They did not proceed touch further behoe two ill-look-
tug fellows j ped ewer a hedge, and seizing Mr. S. and '
IDS ffit'llll by the coilars, presented loaded pistols to thesis
and wreak-nett to blow out their brains if they did not
immethauely Miser up their property. Mr. Strickland
haul a stick in his possession, and attempted a resist time,
which ended in a most desperate struggle. its vi hid, one
of the pistols w is discharged, and the hat of Mr. S. W.IS
grazed by the contents. His friend made a blow at the
miter, whose pistol missed fire. Some other fellowa
seer obsessed at a distance, who, it is supposed, stood to
give an a' one if necessary. In the struggle, Mr. S. and
Mr. J. both lost their watches. The null,, rs, after this.
mule titer the hedge across the fields, and escaped.—
Mr. St n:Hand was once brfitre attacked in a similar
manlier, near the saute spot, and robbed M a considera-
ble •nitiont.

G E Vl' SHOOTING MATCH.--.A renewal of the groat
shnotun4 mat h between CaptainThornhill, and Strong,
the game keeper of J. A. Thorn, Esq. of
Oxon, look place on Thatudlay ; and from the confidence
of the parries, after shooting an equal windier of head
of gam,' on Monday, iii Hertfordshire (v 7 each) the
snatch because very interesting in the sporting world,
and the bet was doubled between Mr. Thorn, for his
keeper, and the Captain. The spot selected to start
from on this match was within four triilesof Maiden.
head Ticket, on the road to Oxford, anal each had his
pony and his adversary's friend as an umpire. Caps,
flidrunt Al, heist his course towards Hare Hatch, on the
1t adis. road, and hail good pheasant. sport, and trout
theme on to H :Mawr, Sec. a distance of about La
wiles. He ha.. 32 shots, and bagged I I pheasants, 14.
partridges, and A hares. Strong.afirected his coarse
towards Henley Mills, by the lato Gen. Conway's Park,
and from thence he crossed the Thames to the ()alio&
shire Hilly, and closed his day's labonr there. 110
bagged nine hares, seventeen• partridges, and three iihea. •
11.1111 i, in 2t4 shout, and lost th.r match by oar only.—
Time were some heavy even bees pending. M r.Thorns
hill has long been eonsialereal the best shot in the county
of Hants.

Fri.lay afternoon the neighbourhood of Nortonsfal.
gue W. 13 thrown into the gre.rest ronstertiation and
aliiron by the cries of fire, which proceeded from I.
house of Mr. Knight, oil and eolotarman, which orio-
- tinder the following circumstances :—Mrs. Knight
was attending a rot containing some tarnish tthiclt
was nulling on the fire in the back pallour.autl by some
1111:01121 the vessel was upset, and in an instant Nirs. K.
was env, loped in Ai nes-111Yr shrieks hrought her litw•
hand to her assistansw. who, in canicavontist2 to cont..
finish the tunes, was act 4:rely I..irned. Mrs. Kenitra
ran into the card all rro 00000 led by fire, and on her %soy
tistryinan tie pass ug', the Illtnes set the to toms Intl:en-
gine, which stood by, anti burnt with the realtsi cal...
tiny, tnreatening tnt.ll destruction 'why whole twig:o.
hohrhontl. Al 11411.:,111 the partAt and other enpti-N ar.
need, and hat lug a I/11410111 /111,1,1; ni tt Orr, it wjit g,
nutlet wii hoot spreading further than the lit
whirl, it began. Sir Win. Blizard was i aaaaa yelliately
sent for to attend Mrs. Knight, who was burnt in 4
twist dreadful manner, and huh; Itol/cs arc cutctsailltol. ul
her ty'vntery.

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13oLitt.

CIMT.DHALL.

The attenlian of the Magistrate at ilaisimitiee-rnom his
been oecuporil on three successive days ; and there -
Veld indivolnals of respectible character hams been ;wpm-
befitted, examined, and detained in custody, 1111 slispiciOn
of totally, without any pi pilaus inanity on the part of the
prosecatore, •• [tether any such felony hail been commit-
*. d. And all of al have ctt hsequently ))))) only established
then own innocence, but suit it almost beyond doubt, that
no felony whatever had taken place in the instance upon
which they were accused.
The following are the parti mlars of the Case as they
oven i red and appeared in ev :
" Hearties Harmonic !Institution, Args 11.reems, or
their agents. Al r. Edward Orell.lon, had cbtained by some
1„,(p• info. maii 111 l that Alt. Gettisford, a respectable
trltersemninter on Ludgate-Isill, nits owing, as wattle paper,
tome of the printed sic belonging to the Institution.
titogisford readily accounted for the pm•e•
by produseing a bill end reveals! from the person of la loon
I e bought it, viz. Mr. Joseph Harrison, a tradesman of
ellaractur, oho keeps a nam and beer shop in the Broad-
way, Black la 'Ellis, it petite., satisfied the parties as
Ira as Mr. Gantstorgl Was conceined, snit • ciliate ap-
!titration was made to NI r. Monism,, who, equally eon-
of Isis innocence, gave the name and place of abode
ti 1111 l the permits front whops he I gist it, Daniel Sullivan,
a regular dealer in is auto( paper, reading iu Routid.eunrt,
*strand. Nat itledelomg the ltruttability of this account,
and the respertable climaeter of Nit.. Harrison, he was
glue,' its custody of Snow, the beadle, and brought to this
..thee; s casmiDtbir was also despatched to apprehend
ballivari, %%am also arrived at the other, spoil after, in cos.
*oily. 'Dots was on Wednesday mottling. When the ps
'mirk mete placed at the liar, Mr. Graddon, who was
Hitelideal 0) Mr. Ctippage, the solicitor to tlie
ps °dared some shorts of paper; the first pare, I, •• A la-
• duke Air, by Cr.dalei ;' and the wrier, •• Tile Cossack
bong, by Hies." They each bore liar impress or" printed
1,0„ lb., Reirlis., H.rmoitic loslitouou ;" and the latter
had tile Institution stamp rot the tille•page. This 'leper
lie therefore stated to be the loroper*, iri the Institution,
hitt he euithl put say Met the 1 il•titillion lied lost any such
bowie paper, and, indeed, aboard it us* almost layout.
I.de to Meet lain the Lel, even it the, had.
When question& by the al Amato-ate, Sir Cilia. Flower,
Mr. Uarrison allowed he sold the paper to Mr. Gainsford,
and assigned as a reason for selling an talkie he WAS more
likely to be in the habit of buying, that he had a Legge lot,
and wanted a trifle thou day to make ap a'small bill. H.
bought the, asser in the regular way 'trims SoffiVall

Auilivnn I:itti uo appreltinsiourif the i•sue of any inquiry
tutu his cnitrittlet. lb* fatally was respectable, and lie
Lad himself been in little, eircentstaxes, though now
only a dealer in sv ate paper. He athuouledged having
sdJ the limper in tiiiession lo Mr. Hprtison, which he
bought Tithes linin Mr. Voishighusthuid or Mr. "ruoil, of
St. tiuoi a elteehtinuiii;er in thr
Shand, whose haute lit did nut recollect. They we,. the
person, he ri 0.. t Irripiehtly bought limper of, and he 63
net Jwtut Ihat whit hiover was tisk, poison lie 114.1 it ul
"..011W ackuuwiedge it directly. Ile thought he hail ii
,f. out M.. Todd.

Under these eirrunistances, it was urged that the pri-
soner. should he remanded till the matter µdi further-
iaguired into. Fortunately, however, lur Mr. Harrison,
he had procured the atteudance ol bi. suunary, AA 1.. Hum-
phries, woo insisted that (lime Mis now no shadow of a
.cioirge aimust his chew s lie had slits au that be came ha.
tastily by the property, and there was just as WWII I
to appreliecti• Mr. Ciainaluid, a. tittle was to dotard Alr.
liatr.sun, especially as at hail nut yet been pros ed that
Any felony had been committed.
Su Coal les~lowertaid, undea all.the circainstances, lie
w raid allow of had.
This m.o. also mut/ugly resisted, and Mr. Harrison was
at length hbelated on Mr. Humphries lertaistaig rui hi.
appeaimice on Friday, it necessary. Your V 1.,.
however, three berm detained in custody ; but aii
at Mr. Todd's, cheesemutiger, hi St. Mattlier.le-th mid, al
will ascertained that Jullirru bought the pipe. shear, and
Le was therefore also permitted to go at large, on lam i.ou-
ostNt to attend the exaniiihstrou oil Friday. buusequ. slily,
we understand Mr. Graddou procured aaa O.—MCCI-, pod lals-
Aseked Sullivan's lodgings, hat without Misfit% any thaig
to confirm lies stispictuu.
Furl) on I' iiurniny maraiug Peter Brownian, a lad or
wham Mr. Todd had purchased the piper us yitestion,
caaileed to cart at his shop accideutally, :and was. by
A veil an custody to Tay ur, ala Officer, and unaught before the
-alorrims,a. The hay Laid he lived anti !HS father at
Tau. 11, flare-440k, Hackney, iiiid that the paper was garret
t•i I by hi. Int; master, Mr. itiolai-rt Aileron. music-
printer, Craiibourn-alley. There being nu une Wiesen' to
c "Mina tars statement, the buy was r. unaided to wait the
further examination, and was again brought and placed at
liar bur as a prisoner on Friday, wheys master Mr.
Allrioft,wppeareil ; said he Was mane patutes to the
chat .the buy had lived w Ua. NYI vice, and bo►e the
IreNt Or chatftew. t that he gave Ilia tile waste pope' U. a
0114CeS1r, on account of 111. gaud conduct. 1(e. Ih. a showed
mew ,ucutatestualy iliwt tire paper produced wits 4411 .punted
pointed out particurarty the error in the sheet
Itryrto had tile 111,1.1U111/11 on, SIZ, Ilatrt a was
Sr rine4 the Cossack wing, when It V/1n in reality the COUR/A
dance. Another sheet bad the tulle-page of one puree, and
the VS.ST'e of *anther.

S 1 tie- undergoing a minute rrost.eutninotion by Mr.
Ctipage, which tended only to show that the gentleman
ku•'w nothing of urits.c, he completely established theism to
the totaigfttelson oriole Aldermen tool every une present, that
Atte paws to (location is as spoiled stud locket:, eaceitt as waste
roper.

at the repente of the churaeterand personal liberty
of three "pectilble and innocent indivooluals, the Itegrod's
Institutionii trnuntic had at length the pleasure oil learning,
Ii I they hid not Iteen rubbed at all—a plessure which, sve
tins', they au ill think very dearly purchased.
sir I orioles Flower considered the cha mire and prospects
of turbos IS. iouoilow so likely to Ise injured by the sitisati tttt
to nitiel. he toad hero piaci d, that he volumisnly tkietl to
It.. ratite' 19 pogo a real-heists, that 1140 toll bitsleVri
a,ttaeit.-d to the character of ho child. Ile 11,11, 01 course
111141"1,alely. unii itko Sullivan, who liAtl
attended according to his pr and a wejjlerl much
j whiled an ~•ek redress for the injury alone him. Air. liar.
rvio Amu not eleven., It 911 his