The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-05-29
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"A noble Marquis has undertaken to ira
vel from London to Holyhead with post
horses. He started from London on Wed
nesday, at 8 O'Clock in the evening and en-
gagged to arrive there at o'clock on the
morning following, for 1000 guineas. He
performed his first stage, from Mr.. Robert
Newman's Swallow street, to the Red Lii
on, Barnet, which is 10 miles in SO minutes
his second stage from Bryant's, the Red
Lion Inn, IN Barnet, to st. Adams, which is
10 miles, in 81 minutes. Since that, bet
has been offered that the same four horses
from Barnet go IL miles in 40 minutes with
a post-chaisc.
On Wednesday evening an extraordina
ry investigation took place at Bow-str. Gro
ker, the ofhcer, was passing the Hampstead
road he observed at a distance before him
two men on wall, and directly after saw
the tailest OF them, a stout man about six
feet high hanging by his neck from lamp
post. attached to the wall, being that in
slant tied up and turned of by the Short
man. This unexpected and extraordinary
sight astonished the officer; he made up
to the spot with all speed, and just after
he arrived there. the tall man, who had
been. hanged, fell to the ground, the hand.
kercMef with which he had been suspended
having given way. Croker produced his
staff, said he was an officer, and demanded
TO Know OF the other man the cause of his
conduct; IN the mean time, the man who
had been hanged recovered, got up, and on
Croker interfering, gave him violent blow
on the nose, which nearly knocked him
backwards-The short man was endeavor-
,, ing to make off: however the officer procur-
ed assistance, and both were brought To the
othce, when. the account they gave was,
they worked on Canals. They had been
| together on Wednesday afternoon, tossed
up for money, and afterwards for their
clothes; the tall man who was hanged won
the others jacket, trowsers, and shoes; thew
then tossed up which should hang the other,
and the short won the toss. They got upon
| the wall, the one to submit, and the other t.
hang him on the. lamp-iron. They both
agreed in this statement. The tall one, who
had been hanged, said if he had won the
toss, he would have hanged the other He
said, he then felt the effects on his neck AZ
the time he was hanging, and his eyes were
so much swelled that he saw double. The
magistrates expressed their horror and dis
gust, and ordered the man who had been
hanged, to find bail for the violent and ,n-
Justihable assault upon the officer, and the
short one tor hanging the other.-Not hav-
ing bail, they were committed to Bridewell
for trial.
80 $50 LONDON, April II.
| we regret extremely that it is our duty
| to record instances of disturbances in var-
Gus parts OF the country. The wicked and
infamous arts which have been used to ex-
cite discomfort in the minds of the people,
nave, we are sorry, in some instances, had
| a mOmentarV lint al, 81
natural good sense of our countrymen, and
are convinced that they will not long suffer
themselves to be the dupes of men, who are
endeavoring to agitate them for the most
| atroclous purposes. :. A moments reflection
must convince every man that these acts
OF violence, so far from affording any re-
lief to the. misguided people. will not only
expose them to the punishment of the law,
but increase the very evil of which they
| complain. Every art has been used to in
duce the people to believe that their dis
even by those who know that there is not
the smallest foundation for such an asser-
! ton.
The plain fact is this--Bonaparte by his
! DEGREES, excluded our commerce from the
| Continent, but he wished at the same time,
not only TO carry on trade with Neutrals,
but that Neutrals should carry on the Colo
NAL and Coasting Trade Of France. 1t
| was to defeat this plan that our 0. in Coun-
! Gil were issued. The object of them was,
to convince Bonaparte that if he could in
Jure our trade, we could destroy his if he
could intiict evils upon our. manufacturers,
we could infiict much more severe ones up
| on his own subjects. And we have done so.
1t the Orders in Council were repealed, it
would not make, the slightest difference in
our trade or manufactures because Bona
parte would still keep the Continent shut
against us. But it would make material
difference to France, because she would be
then able to carry on her trade with neu-
trails without interruption. The miseries
which are experienced by commercial peo-
pie in France may compel Bonaparte to re-
lax or abandon his system !; but if the Or
dcrsin Council were repealed, the pressure
upon his trade would be removed, and he
could carry on his hostility against ours
without the slightest Inconvenience to him
self The very remedy, therefore, which is
called for, is precisely the measure that is
most calculated to augment the evil, because
1t would open various channels to the com
merce Of France, while ours remained unal-
tered.
13@( This is indeed Vindication of the
Orders in Council.)
BosToN, May 10.
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