The National Register. — London, England, 1812-07-12 00:00:00

411 called upon t t lepiy to the charges made in 11w Times, as no time had Leen given hint to meet 111e111. [The 1:0111N0V seemed , ery well sati fled with thii escu , e. If the thinges made were fake, it set med to them very reasostabie that a watt should require time to contradict them.] Mr. Cot. Lir a rose to reply. and was instantly greeted by the " fiends to the fieetion) of discus•ien," with hisses and cries of Dawn, (lowa ejr! Sc. &c. The tumult ciao iimed for some time. Ile was unab:e to obt:tin a healing. Sir F. lunar i I requested their attention. The Geutlemao, however, had addressed ti , ein cii.ght not to tight in t.rniour. It w ould be roper that the company ard the pnblic •hould know ts h o h e was . Mr. Cord it a rose L i lain, ;old the tumid: reco.unieneed. Ile very patiently submitted to it, as it wi , s evidently his oh co . , by calling forth this di•play of t 011?/el; 0')/CIN to freedom of 1104'115.0..01, 10 make their conduct a przictical sisti:e on their professions. Silence being at length obtained, he expressed l,is sAisfact ion at the manner in which 111 r. CounulT laid repelled the chargg s against bin). After this, Major CA 11111VBIG wr favoured the Company with a speech. A variety Gf to:lsts and songs followed in favonr of Parliamentary &c. Alderman Wcof and several oti,cl persona amused themselves and the company by speak tog considcraLle length-- Another to another still succeeded e And the last fool was welcome as the f orm e r ." _ . . Sir Francis ,nd Mr. Cobbett retired at about ball past nine, the hand plaprz, " Britons strike home."—The iio vies March had been play* brp+re. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. OLD BA ILE Y. Tuesday, James Hesse was indicted for feloniously stealing a quan tity of paper and printed works from his employ ers, Messrs. W. Smith arid Co. t'r o vcrs, King-street, Seven Dials. It appeared in evidence, that the prisaner yvas employed by the prosecutors as a warehouseman, and had purloined property to a considerable amount, which he was in the habit of selling to a cheese-monger in Oxford-street. Mr. Smith attended to identify his property, and clearly proved to O: Coutt their loss to be very considerable. The Jury, without hesita tion found the prisoner Guilty. The Recorder, in summing up the evidence, severely an madverted on the enormity ot the olfence. Wednesday the Sessions ended at the Old Batley, when sentence of death was passed on Taratais laan-on, flit secreting a letter, containing promissory no'es --ausaanah latilamera, far stealing a lot. Bar k -note, in the (Reciting hause of John Ncwaon— Joaeph Sanders, fur robbing Richard Rob bins, on the King's-I: 'airway, of a watch, a dollar, and other monies, his pi operty—D acial.ovel I, for stealing goods and monies in the dwell jag-house of WOliain rbeth Corcoran, alias Cochrane, fur privately stealing goods in the shop of James Davis—John Bow. man, to: stealiag a Bank -note, the propeity of Samuel Smith, in t dwelling-goose—Thoinas Bowler, for maliciously shooting at Mr. Burrowes, with iwcat to murder him—.; an Rogers and Jane Jones, fl a Burglary in the dwelling- house ot lanes Caperton—and Antonio Roze, for burglary. On Bowler's name being called, he answered in the usual manner, uninstructed ; and, on being asked why judgment of death shau!d nut be passed upon him, he observed, " Why, my lard, when we got to Uxbridge it was all under water, and so we hied a post-chaise and came home again." Four were ordered to ba transparted for Life ' viz. Jolla Mitchell, Joseph Davis, Samuel Myers, and William Clayton.—Seven for bonne. n Years, viz. John Ifo th, Geo , :ge Greenaway, David Kelly, Thomas Dardis, John David Samtsbury, James - Brown, and Richard Read.—And twenty for Seven Years, vie. Mary Williams, f.ohert Webb, lames Hesse, Thomas Gannon, .Mary Banks, Eleanor Blake, William Howarth, I tines Perara, Ellis Wailis, Mark Sinnott, Timothy Groom, Sarah Grata - , Augustine Doaaice, I.ei,:hton Hall, Sarah loskew, James Dodd, Daniel Ashley, Jahn Rae, Mamas Culling, and Margaret m , Ginnis.—Two to lit imprisoned for two years ; one for 18 months : s even for one year; and '2O for s x months each in the House of Cot rc,ticn, at ; nine in Newgate, for various periods ; 10 to b e privately whipped ; two to be pillored in the Old Bailey, viz. A Tl ,ompson and 'l'. Hall, for conspiracies ; and 50 discharged by ?ro c •al inalion.—Sessiona adjourned to the 16th of September. POLICE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SHOCKING CATASTROPHE.—John Cooper, and Mary, his wife, were charged with infusing a quantity of arsenic into some medicine and thereby l ioisoning tour of their children ; one of whom died, and two others arc not expected to survive. The case will be best judged of by an abstract of the evidence. The prisoners resided in George_ street, Norton-street, Mary-le-bone, are housekeepers, and the man is a painter. Mr. Davies, Surgeon, in Carburton-street, stated, that he was &Caw Lai to attend the prisoners children, on Thursday evening, and JULY Ic2. he found tour r,t them in a very dangerous sate ; they ws re vomilin, ..and complained of a gnawing pain at their stomachs, and the snntlr tou►s were such as would occur after taking poison. Witness tnder. I stood from the mother that she had g . ren them brimstone aid treacle, mixed with sulphur and cream of tartar. Purgatives and co , mcg were administered, but one of the children died whilst the surg..on was preparing them. Witness sent for the remains of wh..! the dren had left, and it was analyzed by the raext rhe body had not yet been opened. Mr. Selwyn, Chemist in Mary-le.bene• street, analyzed the physic which had been given the children, and Iv- found it contained a quail., tiny of arsenic. A man had ca.led at witness's ;hop or Wedi.esday, and lin rehaaed some sulphur and treacle, awl asked what pi poi tioOs of it made a good mixture. He could not state whether it wis the t iri;oner or not. Mrs Harrington, who lodged in the house of the prisoners, stated, that Mrs. Cooper had told her, On Tuesday last, she was about to give her children treacle, mixed with sulphur and cream of tartar. ‘l'irness was in the yard, and Mrs. Co •per produced a paper, with a darkish white powder, and asked her, whether she thonaiit it W. 15 cream of Carta!, as she had magnesia in the house, and did not know it ~part. Witness tasted it, but she gave no f.t her opinion than that the understood cream of tartar was an acid, and that whit. h she tasted w.is gritty and without taste, but she said she was no judge of such things ; ani in reply, Mrs. C. said, perhaps the acid taste was lost from her having had it so long in the !liaise. On Tuesday morning, witness saw the children sick, and Mrs. C. expressed surprise, as such had never occurred before. Witness went out, and returned at seven ut the evening, when the four children were in bed, in a very bad state, and she sent for Mr. Davies ; but one child, five years old, died beton: medicine was afforded. The mother was weeping over them. Wit cess described the prisoners as living comfortably together, and as being most affectionate parents. Other lodgers in the house and several neighbours corroborated the latter sentence of the last witness, and described the prisoners as the best of parents. On being called upon to speak. the man was deeply 3filicte 1, urged his attachment to his children, and described Ins wife as the best of women. He had taken the house at Christmas last, and had no idea how the poison came in the house. He was so much overpowered as to prevent him going on frequently ; and the wife, wli.o tree led diving the inquiry, was most sensibly affected. One of the three surviving children is expected to live, but such i s not the case with the others afflicted. The eldest is nine years old, and the youngest ' tour. The Magistrate feelingly expressed his belief that the catastrophe was the effect of accident, but as he was bound to hold the prisoners until a Coroner's fury had sat on- the body, he committed them at home under the care of an Officer. MOST HORRID MURDER. PLYMOUTrr Docx, JULY 7.—This morning, betty yen eight and nine o'clock, Mr. John Mine, flour merchant, of Old Town, Plymouth, murdered his wife, two children, and himself !! ! The report is, :)P came down stairs without his neck-handkerchief, and baying ordercil the servant to go out with a letter and a parcel, then pmeeeded to hk wife, from whom he took the child, killed it, and th- n with a pistol shot her ; after which he cut the throats of both children. inn) put an end to his own existence by another pistol; the alarm of which smut brought the neighbours. who found the family in this dreadful situa tion. Mrs. H. was not dead ; and on a skilful surgeon searching for the ball, it was afterwards extracted frou between her shoulders. Slw lies in a very hopeless scot', and is not expected to live many hours. No cause has been assigned for the committal of this most tragical act. The character and general conduct of the deceased were most exem plary, and enjoyed the must perfect domestic happiuess with his nuly amiable wife and children, to whom he was at till times mot remark ably kind and attentive. On Saturday and yesterday he complaimui of a pain in his head, but never had strewn the least symptoms what ever of insanity. Ile wrote a most affectionate letter yesterday to his mother, stating his determ:nation of committing the act ; which letter, he sent t y his servant this morning, just before he committed the fatal act. A Coronet's inquest was held on Tuesday before Mr. G. Eastb ', (rent. Coroner, and a most respectable Jury, on the bodies of Hine and his two chi dren, killed on Monday last by his own hands, at New Town, near Plymouth, when, after a laborious and patiat investigation of several witnesses for twelve hours, the Jn - y Here up, and soon returned a verdict, that Mr. Hine being deranged in his mind, did, with a razor and two pistols, kill hi s two children and himself. His poor wife is likely to recover of her wounds. LIGHT WATER-PROOF BEAVER HATIL FRANCIS and SAMUEL EVELEIGM, No. 46. 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