The National Register. — London, England, 1811-04-07 00:00:00

~;..:.. . • MN • NATIONAL REGI anstinned on his wife with unabated ardpur. :Ito-also heard die unfortunate woman scream and repeat her cr of " Dear 20111017, don't kill me !" till at length her cries became fainter and fainter. and finally teased altogether. A death-like silence ensued, and witnesiedil not see the prisoner or his wife till the ensiling morning; when she went into the room the prisoner seemed to have just got up; he was dressed only in hts drawers. like expressed her happiness to find the quarrel terminated, and went towards the deceased, who was bruised in a dreadful man ger. She asked her how she was, to which she replied she was very ill. In the course of the ensuing day a surgeon was sent for by &sire of the prisoner, who bled the deceased. She how ever c( Mined to languish from thenceforth to the 17th, when she died. Witness attended her during the whole of her illness. and frequently heard her complain of the extreme (soreness of her leftside. The prisoner was apprehended on the same day 411 which hit wire died. Sarah Beaver and William Beaver deposed, that they heard the shrieks of the'deceaseel, but were not present during the oc currence. The former particularly stated, that the side of the deceased was dreadfully bruised, and that previous to her death shgvonitted upwards of a quart of blood. Mr. Thomas Read, another surgeon, deposed that he opened the body of the deceased. He first examined it externally, and four dit very muck bruised. Having been told that the de ceased had complained very much of her side, he was induced so ppen the cavity of the chest ; on doing which he discovered that a great quantity of blood had been effused into the cavity. On a further einunination he ascertained that four of the lower or false ribs were brAen, two of them having penetrated the membrane called the pleura, which lines the chest, and wounded the lower or porte: for part of the left lung, where the great blood vessels enter. A great quantity of blood had issued from this fracture, and to this violence he had no doubt in ascribing the death of the unfortunate woman. The case for 'he prosecution being here closed, the prisoner was called on for his defence. He put in a large written paper, Which was read by the Clerk of the Court. It represented that he had been ten yea* in the army, and had been discharged in consequence of a liver complaint. Ire professed the greatest erection for the deceased, and denied, in the most solemn man ner, hi* inteation to be the cause of her death. He also said that the inpry in her side arose from her f , iiing on a trunk. 37:ic h. it assertion, he , vevv. Sat Llerellyn positivtiv ct • 4 .. .. ev.a.est rn a. s see any such act , deitt, nor did one hear the t 4. :Lased complain of such occurrence. Lord FLLENBOROUGU h:Lilitlir o summoned up the evidence *gilt wonted precision and impartiality, thp Jury, after a a s!t irt i:onsideration, found the prisoner—Guilty. The RECORDiII immediately pronouncel sentence in the post awful and imprkssive manner, concluding with the usual order, that the prisoner should be executed on Monday next, In the usual form. The prisoner is an Irishman, about 36 years of age ; he was dressed in a soldier's jacket, and listened to his sentence with great coolness and firmness. :Taut Pop:lsta Pen,-at ' a Spanish sailor, was next trit.d on an in,lictiainit founded on Lord Ellerbotoi., , h's Act, charging him With wilfully and maliciously cutting Edward Lawrence, with intent to murder, disfigur•-, or do him same grievous bodily harm. The facts of this case were shortly th, I..—The prosecu tor, who is foreman to Mr. Walker, of Wapping street, was returning to his lodgings on the night of the 23d of February, ab,,ut half-past nine o'clock, when the prisoner reeled arainst him: he cried out, ft Holloa, shipmate, don't run a fellow cl./wn ;" and pasted on without riving any further in-uvoca tir)ll. Before he had reached Maidenhead-court however, where he lived, the prisoner came behind him, and with a small penknife, attached to a brass inkstand, inflicted a deep wound nn }us cheek and chin, from the direction of which it was evident the intention sto cut his throat. This part was clearly and satisfactorily proved, Lad the pri mmer was found guilty--Death. Saturday, Sarah Dell was capitaliy indicted for making a forged Bank of England 11. note. and uttering the same knowing it to he forged. She was also indictcd for havi:.g in her pos i:ssion the same note, knowing it to be a forgery ; but was ac ssitted of both charges. s John Smith and Jeremiah Kealey were indicted for a misde meanour in having attempted t pick the pork..t of a gentleman named Lsitwycb, and Sound Grutt: , . The last-mentioned pri soner was tried on Thorsilay under Lord Ellenbotough's act, for cutting a boy, and acquitted. :, >~ ACCIDENT. AND 0, 'NCES. On Sunday evening as Mr. Scarratt was returning front Hackney, to his house in Milk-street, he tell into a sewer in tne Hackney road, a depth of eight feet, and ion:tined a contusion in the temple. which caused immediate deoh. Mr. Scarat was a gentleman of respectability highly esteemed, by a numer ous acquaintance, and has left a wife and seven children to lament his loss, occns.oned by the neglect of those whose duty it is not to leave public works in such a state as to endanger the lives of passengers, to tht relatives of whom no recompence is adequate. On Saturday a remarkable circumstance occurred in the Justice Reom, at the Maniton-house. An old man, charged with severely beating his wife, was or 'end to stand committed for want of sureties for his good behaviour, when in a pa roxysm. of passion he drew a large knife iron! 'tis pocket, with which he it.cantly cut his throat. The officers seized the knife as soon as possible, and prevented him ft-J . li separating the wind-pipe. He was conveyed to a Hospital. On Tuesday night, about ten o'clock, as Mr. Cooke, of New gate-street, accompanied by two friends, were returning to Lon don in a single-horse chaise, Mr. C. who was driving, ran the vehicle against a post at Queen's Lim, in the Vt'alham-Green road, by which it was upset, and Mr. Cooke received a fracture on the site of his head, of which he lingered until Thursday morning, and then expired.—Coroner's verdict, Accidental Death. A similar accident happened to Mrs. Solbey, of Coram-street, on Wednesday. The lady and her husband were returning home from Edmonton in a Tandem at night, and on entering Islington the vehicle was, driven against a coal-waggon, with considerable veloity, and it was brcken in pieces, and the wheel horse killed. Mrs. S. was most shockingly mangled . ; and although she yet survives, not the smallest hopes are entertained of her recovery. EXECU rum—Wednesday morning, the two unfortunate felon, Josef Franco Cordosa and Laurance Jotta, two Portu guese sailor.., for cutting and maiming, suffered the law, pursu ant to their sentence, bcfN•e the'debtrirs' door, Newgate. They appeared duly sensible of the awful fate that awaited them, and paid great attention to the Catholic Priest that attent:ed them,. Joseph Blair, who was also to have suffered %VALI. tnern, received a rc..pite for seven days. ••••••• SPARRING.-.The benefit .tf Molineux, at the Fives-Court, St. Martin's -street, on Tres last, was crowded to excess, 130,) parsons havhg attended.- Molineux set to alternately with Pittoon, young BA her. and Burn, none of whom were able to make any :mpressloa upon him. Young Belcher and Pittoon • also extdoited, and gave a good svcitnen of j cience. Dutch Sam and Powers also gave high : - .ati•faction. Gregson's Lau cashirsurnn set to with Powers. aocl manifested considerable courage and strength : Besides the battle which is to b.. f;,u ht in a month, between Molineux and the Lancashire man, Horton the Briatol man has engaged to combat Molineux it six weeks after the fir,t battle, and it has been agreed to on each side, VLIRRIE.b. The Rev. L. W. Eliot, Rector of Peper Harow , Surrey, to Matilda Elizabeth, secuud daughter of the late h e nry Halsty, Esq. of Henley Park. James G. Seton, youn?est seta of Y. Seton, Esi. of George. street, Adelphi, to Georgian , eldest (laughter )f Lharks Boor. chiev ' of Hadley. At Camley, the 28th ult. Bryan Trough.on. ju . Esq. Banker, of Coventry, to Miss Maria Gookilu, of l'emple Cloud, So merset. Lopciotr: Printed and and forwarded by 411 theCoanirlat. 10e. 30 DIED. 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