The National Register.
London, England, 1809-12-24 00:00:00

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returned to St. (ales's, and meeting with the Whitechapel men,
• desperate tight took place in Short's-gardens, there being about
two hundred Ihshtuen engaged in it. One man was carried away
for dead; and the neighbours were so much alarmed for the coo-
sequences, that several set oil to the Public Office, Bow-street,
where 'they fortunately met with Anthony, who accom-
panied them with all possible' speed, and saw them in
the act of fighting, with large sticks, and rioting in Short's-
gardens. It was impossible for him to attempt to quell such a
desperate assembly ; he therefore went and informed Mr. Reed,
who was at. Lincoln's Inn Chapel ; he
.came out, and went
with Anthony, Mayhew, and one of the patrole, to the spot,
but was informed that a number of them, particularly the ring-
leaders, had retired to the Black Dog and Still, public-house,
in Short's-gardens; they accordingly went there, knocked for
about a quarter of an hour before they could gain admittance ;
on their entrance they went up stairs to a large room on the
first floor, the door of which was fast ; Mr. Reed told them it
was a Magistrate, and he demanded entrance ; a voice answered,
yon shall repent coming here, if you enter; those in the room
continuing to refuse to open the door, it was at length forced
open by the Magistrate and the landlord. A number of Irish-
men and women were found in the room ; several escaped out
of the windows, top of the house, &r. Anthony proceeded to
search for their sticks, or Shelalaghs ; he found several on the
ground, and two put up the chimney. Mr. Reed ordered all
the women to leave the room; they were going out accordingly,
but two of the men, Timothy Murray and Daniel Croney, claim-
ed two of them as their wives, and told the Magistrate they
should not go out, when Mr. Read seized them by the collar,
and gave thm into the custody of Anthony. After that six
others were secured, and conveyed to the watch-house, by a
party of the patrole, who came to the assistance of Anthony.

UNION-DA FRIDAY.
Mary Mapson, alias Minton, Melinda Gray, was
brouglt before the Sitting Magistrate, charged on suspicion of
having committed divers felonies. The Prisoner, it appeaml,
in Jane last, applied to a Lady named Watts, who resides 16
Arnold-place, Watworth, and ()tiered herself as a servant, re-
ferring Mrs. Watts to idr. Jeremy, linen-draper, in the Strand,
fir a ..character, under the name of Middleton. Mrs. Watts
accordingly applied to Mr. jereiniy, and a young woman of the
name of Middleton having recently quitted his service, he sup-
-posing it to be her, gave her a character. She went to Mrs. Watts
on Saturday evening; and, during Sunday, her conduct was such
as did credit to the character which Mr. Jeremy had given her.
LAlrt;. Watts, however, coining down early on Monday morning,
found the doors open, and the Prisoner gone. She bad not, it
appeared, gone empty handed ; having taken linen, wearing
apparel, and other articles, to the value of upwards of 201.
Mr. Dignairi. of New-street, Covent-garden, also recognised
the Prisoner as having been its o day:; in his service, in February
last. She left his house in the e‘euing of the second day ; and,
with the assistance of a man whom she called her husband, and
svko is now on board the hulks at IVool left, she rouveyed
away various articles of wearing apparel, &.e. Re. to the value
of several pounds. _ _

Several more charges being expected to be made against her,
she wr.s remanded for anotherexamination in a fortnight.
William Eliston, has undergone another examination,
on the charge brought agaiust him by Messri. Vizard and Hut-
chinson, Solicitors, of Lincoln's Inn, in whose service he for-
merly was as clerk, of having embezzied a hanker's cheque,
for upwards 901. their property, No new evidence was pro.
(Weed except of Mr. llohics, silversmith, of Fleet-street, to
whom one of the two pound notes given r.t the Rank in change
for the large notes, which were originally paid fur the cheque
at Child's house, had been traced. it appeared that Mr.
Robins received the note in question from a man in payment for
a gold ring, and at the time •if purchasing it, the man said, it
was intended. to become the wituess of the union of two persons
well know to thq public, namely Miss C•ilson and Mr. Elision,
who were going to be married. At a former e-xamination, Gore.
the friend of Elistoo, stated, that he had purchased a ring far
him at a shop in•Fleet.street, and that hr had given a two pound
note, which be received from Eliston, in payment fur it.
Elision was folly committed for trial.

BIRTH.

On the 13th December, at Edinburgh, the Lady of General
Elliot was safely delivered of a daughter.
MARRIAGE.

At. Bexhill, Kent, Mr. Eastwood, aged 68, to Miss Mary
Ham•noud, aged 22 ; and on the next day the bride presented
her husband with a chopping boy.

DIED.

On the 17th December, at his house in Berners-street, Sir
William Beasley, Bart. one of the Directors of the East India
Company.
On Friday se'nnight, dropped down dead, without any pre-
vious symptom of indisposition, Miss E. Hill, daughter of
Edward Hill, Esq. merchant, of Boston, in the litlt year of
her age.