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LONDON AND COUNTRY NEWS. Captain Wood, of the 2d regiment of Guards, was thrown from his horse on Tuesday afternoon, in Albany-street, Re- gent's-park, by which accident his shoulder was dislocated and his head fractured. He was taken up by a Mr. Painter, and conveyed in a hackney-coach to the Regent's-park bar- racks, where he lies without hopes of recovery. DEATH FROM STARVATION.— Monday an inquest was held at the House of Correction, Coidbath-fields, before Mr. Baker,and a jury on the remains of John Sorners, who died in that prison on Saturday morning, from extreme debility, brought on by a want of the common necessaries of life. Mr. Henry Webster, clerk of the prison, produced the war- rant of commitment of Mr. Walker, one of the Magistrates at Lambeth-street, in which deceased was committed on the 5th inst. for 14 days' imprisonment and hard labour, as a rouge and vagabond, been found wandering abroad, and sleeping in the' open air. Mr. Wakefield, the surgeon, stated that deceased was taken to the convalescent infirmary: He was in the most emaciated state, and very weak. He had no particular disease, but seemed in a state of starvation. He administered restoratives and nourishing food but lie was too far gone, and died on Saturday morning about five. He attributed his death to want and starvation. The jury returned a verdict—"That the deceased died a natural death by the visitation of God, brought on by extreme want, in consequence of having been refused relief by the parish of St. George in the East, in the county of Middlesex." The Gazette of Tuesday contains the elevation to the Peerage of Valentine Browne, Lord Cloncurry by the title of Baron Cloncurry, of Cloncurry in the county of Kildare, and of Admiral Sir James Sumarez by the title of Baron de Sumarez, of the island of Gurnsey. A curious species of theft and partial restitution has lately occurred in our gaol. On Saturday last, six convicts who expected to be removed to the hulks in a day or two, took advantage of the absence of one of the prison watchmen to enter his cell, and rob it of forty-three sovereigns and a half. The robbery was soon detected; and the prisoners being suspected and searched in vain, it was surmised that they must have swallowed the money, and medicines were admi- nistered calculated to compel a speedy disgorgement. In the course of the day, the coins began to show themselves— one man hatching thirteen, another four and a half, and another three. The same course of medicine has been con- tinued, and the same golden produce has been reaped; although thirteen of the sovereigns are yet missing; and are supposed to be contained in an unnatural swelling in the epigastric region of the fellow who has already been so fruit- ful. His speedy delivery or death must be the consequence of his roguery.-Shrewsbury Chronicle. The Rectory of North Fambridge, Essex, recently become vacant, has in the handsomest manner, and without solici- tation been presented to the Rev. Dr. Croly, whose eminent talents, both as a divine and poet, well entitle him to the gift. This appointment does honour to the Chancellor's disinterested regard for merit, as the politics of the Rev. Gentleman have ever been notoriously in opposition to his own. A RADICAL HATTER.—In Liverpool, a hat manufacturer for the purpose of demonstrating his attachment to a reform- ing King, gave away to the crowd several dozens of hats on the day of the coronation. On Thursday se'nnight, the Right Hon. Edward, Lord Ellenborough, gave a substantial dinner to his tenantry, and the farmers in the neighbourhood of his estate, at Southam, in honour of his Majesty's Coronation. One hundred and thirty guests partook of the old English hospitality which had been prepared for them, and the banquet was honoured by the presence of his Lordship, who presided, and several members of his family. After the cloth was removed, the "King's health" was proposed and drank with enthusiasm, and among other appropriate toasts and sentiments which enlivened the festivities of the day, the health of the noble host elicited remarks from the company, which must have proved as gratifying to his Lordship, as the happiness he diffuses around him by his residence at Southam, is to the yeomanry and peasantry of the neighbourhood. The poor felt his Lordship's bounty in the distribution of a large quantity of provisions. On Saturday last, a fine woodcock was shot at Ashgrove, by Mr. George Robertson, son of General Robertson, of Struan. From this it would appear that woodcocks remain here during the breeding season.-Elgin Courier. PROVIDENTIAL EscAPE.- On Saturday week, Mark Moody, sickle smith, who was reaping in a field at Ridgway, took shelter under a tree during a thunder storm, when his straw hat was struck by the lightning, and the brim was rent from the crown and foil round his neck, leaving him un- hurL-Sheffield Courant. The salmon-fishings on the Forfarshire coast, by stake- nets, have of late been very successful. Some of the fishers have been shipping for the London market, at the rate of 100 boxes per week. General Campbell, of Gatcombe-park, has offered him- self a candidate for the representation of the Isle of Wight, in opposition to Sir Graham Hammond. His Excellency Martin Van Buren, late Secretary of State at Washington, arrived at Cojves on Friday se'nnight, in the packet-ship President, on his mission to this Court. On Saturday afternoon last, as some children were play- ing together on the steps of a house in Brighton, one of thpm, having some damsons, said, playfully, to a little boy named Charles Holford, Open your mouth and shut your eyes, and see what God will send you." The boy imme- diately held back his head, and, shutting his eyes, opened his mouth, when the other dropped a plum into it, which slipped into his gullet, and stuck fast, and before medical aid could be procured the poor little fellow -was a corpse. An inquest was held the next day on the body-Verdict, Accidental death." LOUTH COUNTY.-An active canvass has been com- menced by the friends of Mr. Perrin, in place of Mr. Alex- ander Dawson. CORONATION DINNER AT HAMBURGH.—To do honour to the coronation of the most deservedly popular King that has sat upon the British throne since the conquest, a party of about 100 British and Hanoverian gentleman, sat down to dinner on Thursday at the Hotel de Russie; our highly- respected Consul, Mr. H. Canning, in the chair. After a very orthodox kind of plum pudding had closed the succes- sion of good things, by the consumption of which the loyal subjects of William IV. sought to do honour to the day, Non nobis Damine was sung in very fair style. The chair- man then rose and proposed the health of the King, and we will take it on ourselves to say, that in no part of the world was this toast drunk with more unbounded enthusiasm; the hall rang with cheers, which were probably audible through no inconsiderable part of the neighbourhood. A version of God save the King," written by the Rev. Mr. Baker for the occasion., was then sung in chorus. The health of" the Queen" followed. Then the Senate and Burgerschaft of Hamburg," the Navy," the Army," and "-Earl Grey." This last toast elicited cheers as long and loud as those given in honour of his Majesty, and one cheer more" was several times called for, as the noisy demonstrations of at- tachment appeared to be subsiding. In the course of the evening a collection for the benefit of the English poor was made at the suggestion of Mr. Canning. The amount col- lected was announced by Mr. Baker to be 156 marks. ►►»»•!»<««—

TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE,…

HOUSE OF LORDS.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

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MARKETS.

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