The National Register.
London, England, 1820-04-02 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

to render it difficult to distinguish the one from the other. The
prisoner wes proved to be a man of irreproachable character.
The Bank Solicitor immediately paid the poor fellow 51. to
answer his present exigencies.
George Gilbert was also tried and acquitted, upcn the clearest
evidence of his innocence.
ThomakCastles was also acquitted under the like circumstances,
both he and the last-mentioned prisoner being men of excellent
characters.
John Wilson was capitally convicted upon the most satisfactory
evidence.—Death.
William Wyatt, a waterman, was tried and acquitted also upon
the most satisfactory evidence of his innocence.
The Bank prosecutions hiaed the whole day.
AGRICUI,TURAL REPORT FOR MARC!!.

Bean planting, being interrupted by the frost, has
been backward this season, and much remained to be
done, as late as the second week of the presAit mouth,
in the forwardest districts. Sowing the Lent corn has
commenced in the north, and has been in operation
front the early part of the inooth, in the south with
considerable success and expedition. from the good and
fertile state of the lands; the soil, limn the effects of
the frost, requiring but moderate lalwur aid turning up
in garden moulds. The latter sown vs heats appear weak
and some thinly planted; their improvement will de-
pend on the general mimic of the spring. The early
wheats are stout and healthy, but all have been aff.:eted
in a degree by the sharp north-east winds, which have
retarded vegetation, particularly of the grass, the mea-
dows being quite bare and atlording no food for sheep.
The clovers of all green crops intended for spring food
have suffered severely. Swedes, the only remaining
roots, are said to be half rotten, and the feeders of stock
are 'educed to the necessity of allowing hay and corn.
The invariable consequence of this is, cattle and sheep
front all quarters sent to market half tat. Fortunately,
the great quantity of fodder helps to spare hay. Cattle
and horses seem to have the quickest sale in the north,
awl in the Midland counties ; and in the south, they
are reported cheaper and not very ready of sale. The
season has not been very favourable for lambing ; many
lambs, and even ewes lost from want of due nourish-
ment; the ewes in general are not overflowing with
milk. In most parts of Scotland, the beaux are said 11l
have been excellently well got in, from the hue state
of the heavy lands. Fat hugs in great demand and pigs
dear. ‘Vool a dull trade. '..NVhat with threshing for
fodder and necessary supplies of money, the farmers
stock of wheat reported to be greatly reduced. Markets
have of late experienced several sudden variations, but
there seems little ground for the speculation that the
ports will be opened in Atigost.

THE WOOLWICH MURDERS.
Apprehension of Me Vippovit Murderer of the late Mr.
Parker and his huuseeper al Woolwich.
Poi ~mouth, March 24.

Last itiAlit information arts given to E. Carter Esq.,
one of the Nlagistrate. of this town, that a suspicious cha-
racter was rssiding at the Red Lion, rather an isolated
tavern of this too 11. it appears that he has been lukei.ii
about this place nearly the a hole of the a inter, and bud
been to France, from whence he returned a few days before
the minder. lie often exhibited a number of curious old
trinkets; and from these circumstances Mr. Carter ordered
Mr. Ihnit. the gaoler, and the tariikey, Hill, to go to the
tavern, last night at eleven o'clock. 1 hey found 11110 se d
in a little 'parlour near the bar, and immediately Mr. Haut,
(whose person he knew) opened the door, he harried his
hand into his waistcoat pocket, aud drew a pistol, w inch
was loaded to the muzzle. Bunt sprang at him, and in
grasping the pistol, tore his thumb against the flint, by w hit h
means it dropped out; the thumb is severely cut. In this
momentary struggle Hunt fell on his lances, and the fella%
got from him. Hill, the turnkey, then rushed on him. but
not before lie had time to draw another pistol also loaded to
the inuazle, w bah he pushed close to breast, and pulled
the trigger; fortunately it snapped, and before he had time
to re-cock, the landlind, Heath, came in, wad seized hint
behind, the ft Bow all this time ;oaring out that he was
murdered. Mr. Hunt had uow recoseacJ himself, and after
giving him two Ur three blues a ith lira stall*, succeeded in
placing on she harldelll6,uod led him to guol. Mc is a good
lookiiig man; raid he had on three a aisteinits and tour
coats, and-wore spectacles. fur which he seems to have no
need, but supposed, a ith the additiocal clothes, to be for
purpose of disguise. Heals.) wore a Imaging fur cap,
with u gold bawl. He gave out that lie aas a relatiou of a
highly respectable officer of the garrison, hat alio would
not allow Ilk visits. This is notoriously false, and lw amiss
nut In bo a i Autism of the man servant of tile gentlemaii
mentioned. Ile has a a lie and six children, Its leg a alms a
few 110,45 of the Lite Mr. Parker's house. lle Ivoi a lie.,
French travelling trunk. a jib a small new Hand trunk it thin,
containing a number of old fashi 41 gold and peal I triii-
ketts, late., breast plus, a golJ watch-seal, vkb the anti:lli-.
T. P. eugraied 011 child's silver ',minted coral, atilt
the engrus mg., tiled out by a sinal I lit. , w Melt aus also found,
tan old-fashanwil watches, oat of them a gold cue, 111:11..lreN
name" Vick, Loadi•ii ; a pair of old-fa-Maned tea-tongs;
asilver sauce latile, mat ked a ith two swuads across, two
table Splanta Marked T. NI. I'. some table spoons without
a smirk, a singular sii oast', orange ground, trausverie d w inh
dark blue, supposed its belong to 60111 e We iety ; he Iwd iti
flank of England niers, mostly dated Ist and 2il Nlareli ;
one of tvein was much burnt, auJ marked on the back Air.
Bohn and Mrs. Bedtio d, Fele '2O, 21, most of 111e10 Mal ked
Mr-. Nesbitt. In his hunk was a p air of maskers tnuaser,.
not morn since (my- acre washed. but 011 one side 111 the
waistband, a considerable huh. is burnt, and appal eat ly not
Mug done, certainly since they aril. washed in his pocky
were tumid two direct ME. 800111, BanelaJi
Road, -s Batik, Na. 6, London. A girl of the tuna
with wl lie cohabited, Was taken up thus niornin;,: a hip
states that he a wild not sleep by- himself, nail being very
restless when a ith hi r, she asked • me :tsun, Wllell
enjoining hr s to sees cry, lie stud lie had committed molter,
ih,a he hiri kill d tau nail. and one ammo'. He was about
to leave this town for Frillier.

Fr;day morning, at an early lintir, some thieves
entered the bleaching ground of Mr. Edwards, ca-
lico printer, in Westham, and robbed it of several
pieces of printed calico, and check muslin to a
considerable amount, all of which they carried off
unperceived.

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EXECUTIONS AT THE OLD BAILEY.

On N‘ etinesday morning,.aboot 3 o'clocl, a tire
',alike out in the wine vaults of Mr. Hos. i, tin& r-
neath the South Sea Chambers, in Threadneedle
Street, which, at the first onset. threatened very
dreadful consequences; but th.:. engines having.
arrived in a very short time thnn M,•ssrs. Gye mitt
Battle's, in Graceehurch Street, it was in a very ►hurt
time got under, yet not before it had coinmonicateti
to the Chambers above, occupied by Mr. Waster.

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Thursday having been the day appointed for the execution
of Ld. Vos,, Dennis Keaton, IYm. Connor, Witham Frith,
Peter Rainer, and Thomas ICams,:rove, convicted in Dc-
cember and January sessions, an immense ennemnse of per.
soas, amongst al were many welltdiessed females,
usuanhled in the Old Bailey to witness the awful scene.—
The Iwo Litter were rcspited during his :11ajesTs pleasure.
When the respite was coinamnicated to them, the whole of
the unromantic men arts togeth.a. Rainer Mt on his
knees, and could sea . eels sustain himself, and Braiitsgrove
appeared equally sensqhle of the mercy which was extended
to it aOs him. They vontimwd vv ith the other malefactors,
and joined ill singing and prayer daring the night, and until
the time arrived for the execution of the othei s. VOSA, who
was only IS years of age, aod Keaton, who had not attained
his seveateeoth year, and who was of diminutive stature and -
boyish look, were found guilty of uttering various forged
notes ; and although there were no less than 17 Milk t.
meats against them, the a hole of the offences were elfectrd
in much the same %ay. They had a horse and chaise, and
took nits them a female companion. Voss wore a naval
nuiform, end the lady was supposed to be his wife. Keaton
!elm- seated hint-elf as the servant, and, on alighting at •
country 11111 or tavern, his first inquiry vras," if his master
and mistress could be ace° 11111 l odated with dinner?'' The
affirmative being given in reply, all elegant flamer teas pro-
vided, a few bottles of wine comomed, and all expenses
discharged by the payment of wel!.exectsted forged
W. Connor was convicted of stealing a great many articles
of plate, in the house of J. Jones, Esq., of Norwood, is it It
a ham he lived servant. Ile packed the articles up, and had
them conveyed to a temporary residence, in the neighbour-
hood of Manchester Square; and, as an ex eme for stealing
them, he said he bad been directed by one at time members
of the family.
Wm. Fl ita was found guilty the same session, of a burg.
lary iu the I eof Francis Gregg, of I)na-gate-16J. and
stealing therein hank-notes and art ieles of plate, amounting,
in the a hole to upwards of 7001., the property of Mr.
Gregg and tne Skinners' C pacuc. Ile had lived confiden-
tial sevvant a ith Mr. Gregg for six or seven yea's.
The unhappy malefactors were attended early in the
morning by the Rev. Dr. Cotton,. the Rev. Mr.. Devereux,
and Mr. Baker; their minds ;typified perfectly resigned.
The boy Keaton wept much. lie has, it apeared, been a .
thief shire he aas tall enough to put his hand in a packet;
and he has admitted that in a crowd, in .sae day. he stole
four watches, and a pocket-1 k comainiag a 1001. note,
which he afterwards sold for Wt
A few minutes after eight o'clock, the awful pieparatiuns •
being completed, the fatal signal was given, and they died
without much bodily suffi:ring.

LONGEVITY.—An instance of it occurs man old
Highlander, of the Royal Artillery, now in the cita-
del of Plymouth, he was born on the 14th of
August, 1719, and who, if he lives to the mina
period of August next, will consequently be one
hundred and one years of age.. He is a penskmer
in the garrison at Plymouth, at two shillings per
day, and his rent free. He has a sickly, infirm
wife, who has been painfully afflicted for thirty
years past, to whom he is very attentive and kind.
He was at the battle of Culloden in 1745, walks •
perfectly upright mid strong, and has all his flieulties
clear and good, excepting one eye, which he lost at
the battle of Brandywine, in the first American
war. He is much remarked fin. his attention and
cleanliness, and regularly attends the Dissenting
Meeting House at Plymouth on Sundays. Among
other events of his life, he is proud of relating, that .
he tired a gun on the days on which George the 2d,
George the gd, and George the 4th were procl►timed
Kings of England ; and particularly on this last
occasion, when the Commanding Officer of the.
garrison, out of respect to his age and long service,
delighted him by desiring him to fire the first gun.
The Duke of Wellington,. on his late visit to Ply-
mouth noticed him much, entered into conversation
with him, asked several questions, and presented
him with a H. note. He is, us may be supposed,
an object of interesting curiosity to the inhabitants
of Plymouth and its neighbourhood : and. on taking
leave of his visitors, generally requests the favour
of being permitted to kiss the hand of the Ladies,
whit!' he does in the most handsome soldier-like
manner.

Mr Feulon, the editor of the periodical work,
called Letires Normal:des ; and M. Leon Thiesse,
the writer of an article in it, condemning the prac-
tice of performing an expiatory service on the 21st
of January, the anniversary of the death of Louis
XVI. as a murk of party triumph, reprobated by
seven eights of the French people, were recently-
tried bethre the Paris Court of Assize, on an in-
dictment which charged the olLnic—lst, As an
outrage against public morals ; As an mud.
on the inviolability of the royal person; and 3dly,
as an incitement to disobey the laws; the expiatory
service having been established by a regular Act of
the Legislature. The Jury, after being out two
hours, returned a verdict, declaring them Guilty ra
the third count only ; and each cf them was sen-
tenced to one month's imprisonment, and a line of
'2OOO f.

110.

rNG.

Tuesday was a day of indescribable bustle on the
lath Road, with the Election at Brentford, and the
tight between Martin and Cabbage, from Bristol, for
100 guineas a side. Tho Commissary General took
his position early in the morning on Maidenhead
ThickA ; but before he commenced forming the
ring, he was awoke it would not do, and the caval-
cZ, which had arrived there, returned towards
1.0n,10n, to the disappointment of the Bristol
ftnci.:rs, for whose accamnuslation the Thicket was
mood.

A ring was formed at last at Farnham, a village
near Salt Hill, '24 miles trash London, Martin first
twirled his shallow into the ring, followed by his
seconds, Oliver and Randall ; and Cabbage soon
f,:lllweil, with Cribb and Clark, as bh; seconds.
Martin was so indisposed with rheumatism within
the last week as t,) be scarcely able to walk, and his
bad condition was evident. Betting was 7to 4 on
Cabbage, a Scroggins in make but not so handsome
in person. A bad fight, all one wa),.of li rounds.
in two hours, took place, but which was made up
by n gallant second one, between George Cooper
mid Hickman, the gas light man; but we proceed
to the first battle.
I. Martin hit his adversary over the side of the head, which
prialucal first blood. Cabbage missed his hit, and in a close
Martin was thrown.
'2. Martin hit his adversary over the eye, and Cabbage made
a slight return, and in anot!.cr close both proved themsclims
novices nt the weaving system, and Martin was again thrown,
and from his had condition he was not expected to stay long.
3. Martin hit his adversary a left handed stomacher, a /a
Baudall, which produced an involuntary grunt, and Cabbage,
wines close enougo in. threw his blows away, and in a hugging
match Cabbage was thrown, and as it was seen he was of but little
use, betting was reduced to G to 4 upon him.
4. Martin missed his left handed blow, hut gave Cabbage a
rattier with the tight on the eilest. The round endal with a
match again at the ropes, and both went down.
Of Cie 16 rounds fought, it will b.: only necessary to particu.
!vitae Mote iu which c.:anges took place. Martin had all the
Luting his own way, and coanged the odds in hi, favour in the
';an round, Cabbage having Lien hit well, left and right, and
one of his peepers queered; but betting was very flat, as it was
douhiy hazardous to back Martin's condition, and Lis adversary
was a known game one.
Mattis contrived to place one bit in every round nail this,
with the lett hand, at the head or the mark. lie buri.al his fist
in Cabbage's body, to use a flash fighting phrase, which erim-
wined it well, and in this round, if there was a knock down,
Ilartin gave it, but it was rather a push down from the ropes. •
Etccpting being hit, as before stated, Cabbage bad nona the
worst at the rope hugging, and Martin had shown much weak-
ness. but he tbaght at points, and his friends were not safe of his
corning again at any round after the 2;th, when he appeared
=inch exhausted. and fought disadvantageously until the
31st. Iu this roand he gave his adversary a 101 l facer with the
left hand, and loosened his front railing with the second, and
Cabbage rollal his jaws about as if maaicating a tough steak.
After a huggini; mach at the ropes, both went down.
41. Cabbag,.'s kit eye was in darkness, and his features were
much distorted; aad Martin had a turn at the other eye in this
round, but he was thrown.
Cabbage had no chance after this but by Martin's condi:ion.
and the rounds w,re of a hugging nature against the rulics, but
Martin was chilly down.
76. The fight ended here in favour of Martin, who hit him
several times about the neck and head, and threw him, and
twisted his neck so that he could not come again - he laid upon
the ground nearly a quarter of an hour, as it lifeless. He %%a
.bled from the arm, and he bled freely titom the right cat, lx.t he
mineral.

The scientific Cooper, who bent the formidable
Molincaux in Scotland, fbught Hickman, the gas-
man, for a purse of .501. and, from Cooper's pugilistic
acquirements, two to one was begg,ing The seconds
were, Oliver and Gibbons fur Cooper, and Shelton
and Randall for Hickman, and it was a most gallant
light of 11. round,: in 18 miniths.
Hound 1. Cooper sparred low for hitting, and every moment
it was expected that Gas would be smashed. lle, however. led
upon Cooper. and hit him heavily with the right hand through
his guard _mon the nose, which drew claret, and Ga, closed and
threw hint without any mischief.
V. A ver:-• severe round, commenced by (;ar, and hits were
exchanged antil the blood flew about in all directions front both ;
4 :ix,per retnrned with the right hand upon the head before the
C<;,:er dr•Tretl .adversary by a scientific and heavy
Lit upon t:ie Leek :tat the left hand.
5. A despeme round also, and severe f.entng, till both were
covered with blood. Gas placed his right haialed ha upon the
head after hitting open with the left, and he was floored in
rally.—Betting as at scting to.
.. both sie:weil old' upon the piping system. but Cooper war
the weeikest of the two, and be nab thrown after receiving a smart
Lit on the head.
9 and 10. The men had pertly recovered themselves, and hit
away in a manner which astonished ; but, at the dose of the 10th
sJittal, Cooper was kit live or six tinter, and dead beat.
The 12th round was all for Gas, but he was slllintly bit in the
15th, by superior science. but Cooper fell very weak.
14. Cooper was hit to all parts of the ring. and thrown, when
Si... was dec:ared the victor, to the:ditapkointment of all the deep
ones, as he disregarded hitting, and would sot be deniol—Both
were terribly beat.

On 111cnday morning a serious accident bad
nearly occurred to Mr. Hobhouse. As that gentle-
man and Sir Francis Burdett were alighting from
their horses at the door of the Crown and Anchor
Tavern, for the purpose of attending a meeting of
the freeholders of Middlesex, convened in the in-
t.2.rest of Mr. Whitbread, a person in a gig inciarti-
cmsly drove his horse against that of Jr. Hubi.ouse,
by which means the shaft of the vehicle came in
contact with that gen:leman's leg, which was se
verily hurt at the time, so as to disable him from
walking, but the injury is not likely to be attended
with serious consequences.

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At Chatmouth, Do set, the Hes•. IS. 11. Drury, of noll College, to
Catherine Sarah, eldest daughter of J. Mau, (sq. of Chtpliam house,
Sussex.
Al St. Marlin in the fields, John Worthy, esq. of the lion. Eas
India Company's Bombay military r—inhlisliluent, to Jane Ittrbecca
sel lest datt.ister of Mr. lame, of Long nere.
Al Jarr,,rats, Wirstriiiroter, Mr. 11 m. Hurst, of Hobart town, river
Dee went, %no I:reornir's New South 11 ales, In Charlotte soidria,
41.01. r Vi Il.01111.411(ht!, CHU of pleasant, tient'
llocnditig, Pre, I.'.
At St. Ilro.na (1. notion, Captain of the 20111 regiment of foot,
to Minis, tlaugirtet I..inut..cal. Moult, ut tire seine teglrialit.