The National Register. — London, England, 1815-09-03 00:00:00

TIII NATIONAL armsernit. StPT. 3. poor man, unaware of the operation he bad gone through, undid his bandages and bled to death. Matthew Brown and William Clark (blacks), are committed to }xeter Gaol, from Plymouth Dock. for robbing W. Gould, on Stone house Bridge, near that town, and taking from him biii watch and pocket-book, with 151. iu notes in it. These men bad just been paid off, and spent all their money. The loss of money by the seamen at Plyntontli, is stated to be immense. There is one case of a seaman, lately belonging to a brig of war, who had been paid 3001. prize money at one payment, and 371. at a second, walking up Fore street a few days after, without money, jacket, or shoes. Sums of Rt3l. 401. 501. and even 801 have been lost in an hour or two, and the unfortunate losers reduced to a state of depoutlency and Star vation. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—As Mr. Stephen Toghill, jnn. of Threshman farm, in the neighbourhood of Hawkesbnry.tptem, Gloucestershire, was returning home from reaping, a few days ago, having in his possession a gun„, which lie had taken out in the morn iug tar the pm pose of shooting birds off the corn, he perceived a rabbit ;he fired at it but did not kill the animal. A gamekeeper Earned Salter, seeing this act, demanded the farmei's gun, which he refused giving ; the consequence was the gamekeeper endeavoured to wrest it from him by force; but failing to accomplish his pur pose, he took his own gun, and began beating Toghill with the but end of it ; in the scuffle, Togitill's gun went off, and shocking to relate, he received the entire contents of his own piece, which en tered the groin ama came out at the back. There are no hopes of Lir recovery. AituoClotis MURDER.—We have of late observed, with feelings of the utmost horror, the frequent recital in the London papers of tie perpetration of barbarous and inhuman murders; and we had but too hastily congratulated ourselves upon the comparatively peaceable and humane disposition of the people of tins neighbour hood; it however becomes our painful duty to announce to our readers this day. a murder of the very blackest hue, committed in the night of Monday last, within nine miles of this city, upon the body of an innocent and unotlending female. Miss Smith, of East Ilerriugton, near Houghton-le Spring, a person possessed of coo- Aderable property, but whose penurious habits may very justly be compared to those of the celebrated miser, Elwes, having occasion t o go train, home on the 19111 ult. left her house in charge of her set vhut, Isatie lee Young, who had only been in her employ a tewdaya. This unfortunate female, who is understood to have conducted her self with the utmost propriety in her new situation, had been alarmed two or three eights dining the absence of her mistress, by ,persons attempting to open the doors and windows of the house, and had requested of a neighbour, on Monday last, to allow her daughter to sleep wit" her as company, which was refused. On - Tuesday morning, about two o'clock, the house was discovered to be on fire, and the neighbourhood being alarmed, the people flocked to render assistance, when they found the poor girl had been most savauely murdered ; her scull was dreadfully cut and fractured, ap parently by an axe or other sharp instrument, her eyes beaten in. :red her jaw-bone and teeth broken. She had not the lent signs of ' ...hen discovered. It would appear that the villains who com tiitted !his foul and bloody deed had expected to possess themselves of considerable wealth from the coffers of the parsimonious lady, but ill this we understand they would be disappointed; and the un fbrtunate servant having prr.bably interfered cr known some of the rohl!ers, they had come to tic fiend like resolution to destroy her, and the better to ebsente their guilt, had set the house or fire, is, hope , to commoe the body, and else the whole the appearlece of' aceiiivnt Heaven, huwever, ordained it other wire, and the mur dered onrge was rescued from the fLmes, es evidenoe spriest di/- I.IIIIIMM monsters. The house, was almost entirely consumed, little g.:eept the wails now rema ining. A reward of One Hun d red (I:uiucas has been offered for thi discovery of the perpetrators of the deed, and we understand there is ?teaser to suspect they art rut fir from the :pot where the murder was eommitted.-:--lif.n'.aar Cczatly Adv. On Friday last, au inqui-itiou was taken at tha parch wok , ' `.:owse, lim-y St. Ldiounds, on the body of Robert Hopson (late of . Ciayilar), ..Ito died early the preceding morning. On the Co - wires inc':, st it i:ppeared that the deceased (a casual pauper) had been Furnloani All Sands, where he took refuge in a cart . was removed from theme to the north end of the town Tut'sday eveniug, in an open cert, and there abandou. ed to e e!i.ince of receiving more humane attention from the pa rkh offioer- of Dory than he experienced at the tbrmer tl Cc. — Z: teeing lifted ont of the cart by the pernon employed to drive et, ulio felaeutd back to fottabanr, tee walked a ft* . sk.H.lt4 ; blit was . so weak that he fell down nest the Horse Shoes fun, from mlien,-e he was afterwards supported by otie of the beailles till he stinire,l the workhouse, where the must humane attention was paid to t:is relief :he survived, lioviever, wily n 6 hours! The Jtiry, which was very respectable, after two hours' investigation, returned their diet. "That Robert Hopson died by the visitation of God, Init Ins death was hastened by the inhuman rrmosol, by corder of the seer and constable of Furnharn All Stints; and the Jury rei-upt mended that the said parish officers be kri,becuted try intlictmet.t if found amenable to the laws. An Irquest was held on Monday on Thomas Connor, ne*ll 3n, a' ;mire in Covent•garden Market, stbo (bed from dritikitn: a quart of gin on the day previous. Ile - was in the daily habit of getting drunk, and the Jury returned a verdict of—Died hyntoxication. HOUtt ID MurtnEtt.—On Friday night last, 86 Pti Irish labourer awl his wife, wini had been some ti.e at harvest wuik for Mr. Bell, Bore-- ham-wood, near Barnet, were going to their lodgings, a dispute arcers between them relative to the disposal of fols. which be hu.l just received, and which terminated in the murder of the woman, in a must dreadful manner. . The husband went to the hedge mud took out a stoke. rued struck her upon her head for nearly five minutes, until he supposed ire had killed her, when he went away to his home, A man at some dis tance, by trade a bricklayer, who had seen the dreadful event, but feared to go near while the labourer was there, immediately went to the poor woman, and finding her not quite dead, conveyed her to the Bell public-house, Barnet-gate, where she lingered about two hours and then expired. The murderer was immediately token into custnie, and when informed of his wife's death, he only all:ed to sce his dear I:.4eg once inert, then he eared not shunt being hung. as that was only half an hour's botheration. He was committed to Hertford gaol 1.4 A Coroner's inquest sat upon view of the body, and a verdict of Wiltul Murder was brought against the ptisoner. A disturbance lately took place at Strood Fair, near Chatham, he. tween some military and yoittig men present, which grew to an alarm ing height, and was not suppressed till after a desperate conflict, its which the soldiers were overpowered, and seveLal of them cu beaten as ,to be left for dead. The latter had previously used their side-arins, Mast dangerously wounded many person..—Eleven soldiers are in custody. ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCE% Svrt ;4; nut NO.—Last week a young Gentleman,appa ren tly about took up his residence at a tevpectable coffee-house in the City; lie was attended by a black seevant,nho occasionally diverted his master and uranoyed the rest of the house by playing on the fiddle. young Gentleman, who spoke broken I::nglielt, represented hitnself as the son of a Danish merchant, and stated that he bad ellibt. ovrr to this country as argot to his father, and bud several yeagr la laAitn , in the river latirn with timber : he furtiier stated that he Iran tad' ~:e arms of his own in the English Muds. which had been lett him Lv an uncle who ratade his lot tune in the Vast Indies. Being a conl plete Gentleman i:: his manner. he T , 001: ingratiated ininsell several Gentlemen %silo were at the coffee hort. , e. one of whom took him to Kingston ou tn. a I . i-it to a friend, where he rm, trivet to borrow some tnetrey. By this time, 41 , 1 1 :cion at the et:tree-house, that he was not vsliat be tel.:est:will 1,1::;. 4 , 1 1 ., and on further leg : 1 4y, it :appeared etrtaiu, tlat he was a ow udder. On hiS return to town en Morda) he immediate!) . went is pre% ittt,l3. a l . teed ‘i - Ci.t.tip bed, %flan the waiter. so 4 had Leers stairs, pre eyed dententl‘d itt.mtdi..te payment. Tine caused sonic dispute, w1.h.11 biott;:ht s.ev vial ether pt rbu...A into the scout, ove of ullvm declvced )::s cpilirn it was 1)0t %eit'ep Upt/D tl;is StlegEeti tsli a fn;•titer 6eatch toil plate, the result of whirls proved that tie retetieed younv genticionn it ;:s a frneale aboat On g who has for some time put lived ny fieguentil.g dltiet reit inns mud entTee houses; dressed it; male atti:e : and atft j . long score, and getting iu (Teht with tradesmen in the iteialdrouttood, trinally decamped priv.ttely.. ANC.T3i2.:t 11,1inmat KILLErs.—Mr. Wil•on's garden Mt Hamp . . stead has been so fret- i nertly robbed of late, et vslrehl‘ is, cletj win! other thing.:, that be faun"! it 1;efem.:0:: to ! N ei l , a w o r l is „. o there at night. Wednesday morning r.t ek, the wsocitiesn heating some noise emong the te(!ed, stns 1 i that there wsta rouse person in the garcler,!art' I.P ctonnsenr:d a •tsict scour+, so:d st discovered s man >ittirg rrllrr one of t'se tiers, in the act of 11 lug a bag with his cited; the watchman hel l % lock and tayonct. challenged the rlllyr to snrrender, and isrescn . .l.4 the Lave:net tc his breast. which the rebber athed and sitotc 11 wrcq tint of hill . anths, on 'Altar-11 the w:stchi..an made a tlittwt stt A:l l 4 w i;'.:3;;;!‘,:g . a, ts,:7 in, a Llvlrt v= , 3 and 4L14 ,