The National Register. — London, England, 1818-12-21 00:00:00

t• 1 4 1 - -314.041 k. ...Or+ v.. MURDER OF MR. 7%4Y I.OR HORNSEY. . • • i'„ -- . . t , Conning'. starattEsT.—Ati inquisition was taken en Tires sfiestiffiereason, -before Thomas Stirling, Esq., Coroner, at the' Hammer Woodhouse, on the body of John Thome. 're, tor. a .asertigal gentleman, who was stopped on Thursday menniglit en theism bridge of the New River, by some villains, and basely 'robbed, entirdered, and thrown into the river. 'rise Jury being empanuelled and sworn, took a view of the body pinta; deceased ; there appeared violent minks oration -gulatiireabont his neck; a knife was in his waistcoat pocket, anti a gold ring upon his liager, which the ilia:wheal sillain. who murdered him, in their hurry, did not take trues him.— The following evidence was after wards taken:— Mr. Thomas Thorpe, of Red Lion-street, Clerkenwell, de posed as follows :-..1 was a particular friend of tile tieveaseirs ; he was at my house on Tuesday last, (Tuesday se'uniglit) lie was then in good health and spirits. On the following Thurs day I wits at his house, and he was then from home ; his bro ther called on the following morning (Friday ) upon me, and istquised if I had seen mr bad any knowledge of where Ins lifulker..o::e deceased) might be found, as lie hail nut been haute since the preceding lour nin g. I informed him th..t I had not seen him since he called upon me on Tuesday. The deceased's brother went from my house to Mr. Nun:tilt, of Gray** Inn, and made inquiry, and there trained nothing at all satisfactory as to his brother's absence ; he afterWilito went with Mr. Norcutt to Guy's and St. 'rtionuts's Ha-pilaf, to Inake inquiries there after the deceased, and was informed that:lse had not been there since he was at the lecture. aim • Wedseeday. The witness then related his calling au Mrs. Peesee l and on the landlady of the Jolly Butchers, who gave him such information as induced him to pursue his iniquities towards Bonney. He then proceeded :—The first iiilorusa. Ito. we gained was, that cries of murder had been heard near West Green on Thursday night, and we were told it we would Rise° the Black Boy, we might obtain snore particulars upon the subject. • We proceeded there, and found that their had bees au alarm in consequence of the cries of minder about finno'elock on Thursday evening; and that three wen had entered into *house, with an intention to rob it, but the lll mily not being in bed, gave an alarm, and the rubbers des Attained. We then returned towards the Tile kdiis iii the [keen lanes, erorsed a field, and made for the wood ; we tram - ed some footsteps at the foot of the bridge, fur au hundred yards, which the brother of the deceased said were much like his brother's whom we were in search el; at the centre of the bridge we lost the trace of the footsteps, and we sus pected that he hail been murdered there, and throw,. into Ilse river. Mr. Taylor's suspicious were considerably excited .by OwMarks of the boots being straight, and not right and 'eft, as are more usually worn, because his unfortunate bro• thee had on, when be left his home, boots of that description. We then inquired at the Hornsey Wood-hose, and at the Sluice-house, if they had any drags, or it they had dragged the river recently. 'they informed its they had no drags, nor bail the river been dragged for a considerable dine. We 'Made several iteptiries, and were informed that a hat had -Ibsen found at the Sluice. I and my blends requested it !Astoria be sheen to us ; and thr men asked its what was the "nseal the maker? We replied, ^ Wilson and Waugh."— site answered, that is the name in the bat, and he immediately votiured it, and we found it to be the hat of the deceased, Mr. Jule' 'l'. Tas tor. We immediately sent to the Half Moon tlibr the drags, and employed persons to drag the river. They asoalinsted dragging from Saturday midi Sunday morning. I went on Sunday morning with my friends *piss to the New itiver; six of my men were dragging, and an alarm was made that the body was found. I alighted (runt my chaise and saw the body brought up ; it was perfectiy dead, and appeared to have been in the water several days. The Slap of the Assail clothes was unbuttoned ; the easels which the deceased 'always carried about him was not in his fob; and there was so money about the deceased's person, and he never went out sailboat Irking money with Isles; his pockets were turned out ; and there were appearances of strangulation, mid a black mark on the side of tier neck. I know the deceased bad a Watch with gold chain and seals when he left home; he was a Very ttigh spit ited yusing MAN amid from what I know of bias, lie would not tamely sot 4to be robbed ;he had a practice of twisting his Watch pocket after lie pet his watch 111 it, mid I have frequelitly heard I • say. that be would defy any thief to rob him, far if they took his watch, they must also take his pocket. L stn of opinion that the villains also murdered the deceased, unbuttoned the dap of his small clothe. fur the purpose of untwisting the lob pocket and taking the watch. In his pockets remained the following gritting articled ;---A watch key, Akenside's poetical works, pair of gloves, silk handkeichief, penknife ' a stick of black sealing was The • body was eat rie s to Hornmey Wood-house. Au umbrella which the deceased had atilt him on Thursday night was feared on the iron blidge, which was torn recently, from its spin artifice. Flout the deep marks ou the bank where the body was found, I Mil coin/breed that lie made great resistance: some of the heel marks are teveral inches in depth in the go ound. Mr. Norenit, of Gray's Inn, being sworn—l lent the deceive td an umbrella v hen lie was at city Mose, and the one fumed *pea the Sim bridge of the Sew River is the Name I lent him ; it was 111/l hall when I tent it to him ; the rent in it appears to have been 11Ct\iy made, mot in my upiisieu was dune in the struggle wills the persons who attacked him. The It it pros &wed I ass sure is the deceased's, and must have floated ohm It time river to the Grate At the Silmee - huose. I made pal ticular itsquiries at West Green, at the Black Hoy. and learned that a gentleman's hoist wars robised mi Thursday night, ahnut the Ilene the deceased telt the Jolly Butchers , mid I have no dm ni Irene the directimi which the thieves. Wok, and the road the deceased went, that the thieves went across the field., and met with the deceased uu the bridge opposite the tile kilns. %Ir.. Sarah Wilson sworn.—l keep the Jolly Butchers, at Weed-green, Tottenham-parish. I knew the deceased before he came to my house on last Thursday evening i it was hes toceu *is dud seven teeleek elite he entered lily house ; I .Itivited Will Intl/ the hat, sa he was aequaisitrd with nn} snit, I ta bor he aced to sehoul. I asked him to tea, 1111141 he l'ollielli. litt, and sal tu my bar until between It/ and II o'clock At night; • 411, had ehree assail glasses of brandy and water; he diii out .selleitsk half the liquor himself, I and my sun drank with It ; there were mu strangers in ;he house all the eveoing. 'Use' drremmit had a watch in his pocket and some money ; he paid Meas. for the liquor and tea, ate. ; it was a hunting watch • wilityellow chafe mid seals, which I *opposed to be gold; ' atilt I advised him to hide Stein mules his cloths*. As they , Ifilg,isf.alltaci the ettention of ill disooseil i ierstsi. whom he i , .P . 4,L1 meet, and lie would be formed, and I saw Weil list -- Ill i euitilider the bolloppref his waistcoat. %Vero the deceased r k ris .2 1 ' ere ."l" waiti ll ii i" g fu ' ti e L e i ; b ri ll ; li w e lie lu e g l iii i i e s r s!t i° 4l l ,ti a rris g i e n si o li n t r ii 7io n su i t l e e , d it li w ee a l s i a due bright muuttliglit tught. 'file Midge near *lnch the . ----- deceased 'Was fOlll4 was the nearest wit 1411liii obi hirr good night, and was in excellent spiitt? silo l lleoti a , Ili John Was" a youth about 16 leafs 01, aii'ilcalapjli r il. a the sou of the {est Witness; I went to schaol L ivitiltlhtelfge g l if s ed ; lie called at say mother's &mine on Tnesil l ay ovmnollgli. said that he had been on a visit to Mr. Pearce, of Southgate, as he was going to write rb a Caller. at Caudle irrgeto.Mr., Pearce's son, arid wished to know if he had any thing to rota municate to hint. The deceased said that he had promiee4 to meet a gentleman at our home, on his return from Mr. Pearce's, and he expressed surprise at his not hiving kopt his promise. Mr. Thomas Evans, 24, Old-atreet,stiegeon. stated-1 knew the deceased about tire or six yenta :.we were fellow papils at the Finsbury Dispensaty ; I have net seen him for Wall a rot might, and then he was in good health and soirits, and I am satisfied that he was not under any kind of distress or derangement of mind ; our do I believe that he would have put all end to Ina eaktelice. I heard that he wale missing, and last night that his body was tomtit. I saa the Ito* of she deceased this day, alma two o'clock, 4111 l in my oi.i urns I.e aas imilotibteilly strangled previous to his being tin on ei into the water. I fore* that coachivion from v.trions appearances on the body; Use mark round the Neck -is not all I form n v opinion from; the tongue is forced through the tee [hoist re is a mark also tinder the ear, and the deceased was an excel lent swimmer, and, hall he fallen into the water by accident, he could have saved hinivell. The teeth of the deceased were closed, anti the tongue was forced, in my opluion, be tween the teeth by the violence in strangling him. Mr. Richard Henry Major, surgeon.—l never saw the de. ceased before his death hot once, 411 d that was a considerabl e time nen. I saw the body this day, and my opinion is pre. eisely the same as Mr. Evans's ; that he was strangled can. not admit of a doubt, and lie must have been nearly dead be. fore he was thrown into the water. I have seen limbo's of persons who were strangled, particularly Bellingham. and' other notorious murderers, and all had the same appearance! of strangulation. I am sure the deceased must have lost all; power of defence before he was thrown into the river; he , even appears now to retain the posture of self defense. The Coroner sumnmed Pp theevidence, and said that lie had' hopes, wheal the investigatiou commenced, Dust the death or the unfortunate young gentleman was produced by aerideut but after the evidence which had been received he was sorry' to say that there was proof adduced that the deceased came' to his death by the violent hands of murderers,. It was clear to him that the deceased was met in the fields by the villain* who took away his life, and that he struggled with them until they arrived at the summit of the bridge, where he was rob' bed and thrown into the water. That his death was ousted by the violence of some persons noiltiag could be more cow. elusive than the evidence of the surgeons. The jury instantly passed the following verdict :—Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown, the de ceased having been, in our opinion, strangled, robbed, and thrown into the New River. A large reward has been offer ; ed for the discovery of the murderers. # . ••••• :_:~._ _. - • - Fran Me LONDON GAZETTE, Tuesday, Dee. 15. • -Air— 'BANKRUPTS. WITCH? and J. Aldeirrapbuty. metchante. Dee. se, irn. Jan. Yr,. at Guildhall Mu. Walton and Co. Girdleed-liall, Basing-all Street. WAvvox W. and F.Lcitz J. Love Lane. Rasteheer, ale aai poner merehante, Dee. 19. ski, Jan. t 6, at Guildhall. Att. Mr. Harrison, Foley Street, Portland Place. AxvitonY J. Clay next the Sea. Norfolk, grocer, Dec. 31, .11in. I, 46. at I lok, Norfolk. Att. 4r. Bridger, Angel Cotut,Throgolorton Street. Crtasiar:ns 11. Market Rasen, Lincolns Fire, carrier, 24, Jam 26, at Louth. Att. Mr. Eyre, Gray's Inmsquare. TA r ton T. thford, grocer, Dec. e 4, 26, Jan. 26, at Oxford. Att. Mr. Mania:, Staple Inn. DIVIDENDS. J. Timniins. Birmingham, sash-maker, Jan. 12. R. Stephenson, South Shields, baker, Jan. 7. S. Iltimble, Leeds, merchant, Jan. S. H. here', and J. Ambrose. Bristol, linen merchants...lan. 5. J. 'Fold and .1. Wright, TichboMne Street, haberdashers. Jan. 9. C. Buck. Southwark. hop and seed-merchant, Jan. 16. E. Tenfold, J. Springet, and W. M. Penfold, Maidstone, bankers. Fcb. 13. S. Emery, lircewood, Staffordshire, timber merchant, Jan. 5. W. Fariq!i. %Viiitelutven, mariner , 6. C. W. Walker, Brightlichnstone, stationer, Jan. 16. A. Henry, Finsbury Square. merchant, Jan. 12. S. and W. I.ynnell, and E. Perkins, Chathani, grocers, Jan. 9. W. Hawe, Bristol, plane-maker, Jan. 7. W. Lloyd, jun. Findun, Sussex, farmer, Jan. 9. W. Parker, High Street, Whitechapel, oilman, Jan. 9. W. Grieves, Holborn, chcesemonger, an. 16. .1. Austin, Longdon-upon-Tem, Shropshire, miller. Jan. EL J. Lancaster. Michael's Grove, Brompton. merchant, Jun. 9. A. Warrington, Shrewsbury, bricklayer, Jan. S. W. Watts, Lower Mordon, farmer, Jan. 19. J. B. Suple, Bridgewater, lineadraper . , Jan. 21. A. Aaron, Plymouth Dock, silversm ith, Jan. A. W. Bourne, Town Mills, Bridgnorth, miller, Jan. 9. CERTIFICATES—Jam. 5. _ E. Read and T. 11;s1;;,Z;re7S:jRLissell Stre e t, Bloomsbury, linen drapers.—P. Cockren, Bath, tailor.—l. Shwabaclier, Vountatn-placs, City Road, toy-merchant—R. Ray, Norwich, grocer. IRELAND. CAETLESAR, DEC. 3.—We have not at any time bad to re late an occurrence in this country productive of such eat's,- Rive misery. or so distressing and awfnl in all its particular, ea one which took place in the night of Monday, the 30th alt. about fourteen miles from Ciossmolina, in the monntains of 'Frris, where seventeen souls were hurried into eternity. The house of a comfortable and hospitable farmer, named O'Hara, in that remote quarter, which was seated on the side of a valley, and was overhung, at about two miles' distance, by fear lakes, which, communicated with each other, *as com pletely swept away by an immense body of water, which build forth from those lakes, leaving • frightful gap in their tor. suer boundary, and in its laspetuoas course levelling and car , ryiag away every thing that iutrrposed. O'Hara, hi• *ife and children (except one that happened to have been absent), some travellers who were passing to and from Erris, and three soldiers of the 9til Highlauder•, composed the un happy party that perished by this dreadful eruption. Wilts the last accounts were received front this scree of .affering, the bodies of nine of the inhabitants, and nitY of the soldiers had been discovered, and a party of the 02d regiment had proceeded from llafli•a, to inter their lamented comrades with military honours. 'the three soldieis had been of a party who were employed upon revenue duty, and two of theta having been so much fatigued as to he useable to reach their quarters, were left in charge of the third, George Andersson, a a steady man, and billetted for the night at O'Hara's i house, where the whole of the party had been entertained two or three nights before. The deceased soldiers were fins young men of excellent character, and sharers of she glories of Waterloo. The unfortunate deluge has also destroyed I heads of cattle, as well as great quantities of hay, oars, turf, &c. There is a report in circulation, which we fear is too true, that two other soldiers of the 112 d regiment, who belonged to the Kihlalla detachment, had perished on another part of the mountains of Errls, having lost their way while engaged in revenue duty last week. We have not heard their maims. Thursday morning. a youngfeinule, of genteel appearance, ira found at 5 o'clock, sitting tinder a hedge on the Deptford-road. in a salukis state. almost frozen to death. ream. the man who found her, carried her - to the Turk's Head. en the Deptford-road. where by the humane exertions of the landlord she was , after a considerable time. restored to sense and animation. She gave no other answer to the numerous questions which were asked her. than that she came to town about Friday last, that she had been treated unkindly by her friends, and that her mind was greedy didreased. She declined stating her name. or the residence of any of her friends. or from what cause her dirressed feelings arose. She refused all sustenance, and when taken before a magistrate persisted in her silence. and a last went away without communicating any further path slats re— specting her situation. it is a singular fact, that on most of the waste lands in the south and western parts of England. the furzes have thie year flowered twice! the drat tarn* in July. and spin within the last lu or Id days. A chymist of Copenhagen has dieeovered a means of producing a lively yellow colour fig dyeing cloth. He gathers the tops of the potatoes when ready to flower, presses the juice, ridacn it with noire Or less water, and sullies the ekith to remain in it daring twenty-four hours. He then dips it is spring water. TM cloth may be eith.r of wool, silk, cotton, or flax: By plunging the cloth thus tisged h yellow into a vessel of blue, a biilliant anti lusting pc. is la oluaintd. On Monday evening a box, containing mar too/. was stern tio. o the house of Mr. Allen, the Eagle and Child.,in Shine Lane. Tuesday evening a suipicietui character offered the duplicate of a watch, .pledged at a pawnbroker's in the neighbourhood of Gusot I street. ior sale. which corr.:ponds with the watch the unfortunate Mr. Tayl•ir had in his pocket at the time he war murdered. The name of the person to whom the ticket was offered fix sale we have not been able to learn. It is said, that early in the emoting summer ano•hcr expedition will be sent nut kit the ittrrpnee of exploring ot Muth Wcattin pas s.tgc to the l'acnie Ocean. The Gitrt gun-brig has unreel Deptford. and will be prep.trell ns one of the disc...veer re Ws. in lieu of the 'Trent. It is also said that two ,it the bomb-vowels which were at Algiers will be ordered au oh the sante destination. T Isabella and Alexander are paid off, and the crews allowed a rem. b cr I,on and see th • r fnend.. The wonderful Vsrptinituix. who is nt,.l 011 board one of the ships at Deptford. and who lately eat for her portrait, IWI taken such a fancy for drawing landscapes, that the ogee s have given him paints and brushes. and very other wiliq for indulging hie Dewpropesisity. A Commercial Exchange has been just eatablishei at hy lbiyal Ordinance. A part of the Ho►el de Ville haa beet allotted for the parrot. NORTHERN EXPEDITION. Some pictures have been drawn by Seckheouse, the Esquimau: em ployed as interpreter, as a representation of his first interview with the newly-discovered inhabitants of the northern regions. and they described, perhaps better than he could do in words, the meeting as it took place. The natives are shown in their sledges, drawn by four dogs. Sack. heouss himself is depleted on the See. setting up a pole with a flag upon it; to which were attached some beads and other trifles, intend ed as conciliatory presents. The dross of the natives contests of a skin, covering the body as far as the loins, and breeches of the same material, fastened se as to meet the body covering. A small space (through which the flesh is seen) is observed in all the figures at this part, where the upper and lower coverings meet, arising from their imperfect mode of astachiog them to each other. His language was sufficiently analogous to theirs, to allow of keep. ing up a conversation with them; he tr.quired, amongst other mat ters, as to the onmber of their nation, but they seem either to have no ides of numbers, or what is more p robable,; no corresponding terui by which they could reply to the inquiry. Their general conduct gave reason to suppose that they had, like their more fortunate discoverers. fixed principles of social eoaduct. When chins were thrown over the vessel's side upon the ice, each collected as much as he could, but no one appeared to infringe upon the bundle of another. He who had gathered any little stock, seemed to be recognized as the proprietor, although he left it to prooeed in his further collection. It is not very astonishing that they endeavoured to appropriate same of the objects of wonder which they saw about the vessels, but their very mode of attempting to pilfer was a proof that they had mot acquired dexterity by practice. In a few instances they took articles Sem the ship with a view to purhoining them, but they were asteesearily unsuccessful, for they did not understood concealment. some part of the pilfered property being always left uncovered, and in sight. The circumstance which excited the most attention on the part of the discoverers, was the finding in the possession of the natives, knives, the blade part of which was of iron. They had already ascertained dint wood was unknown to these newly found beings, and that the only fuel which they had. if fuel it could be called, was a species of moss; and the use made of this moss seemed to be conii.scd to the dipping it in oil, and burning it as a torch or candle. 'through the medium of sickheratse, however, it was discovered that two blocks of iron in its pure cute, situate at no great distance from the shore, were known to the natives, and that for snaking their knives, they hammered off pieces.' of it by meant of heavy stones. One of vies: knives we have seen. It is to n ne) of a piece of bone, about seve.i inches long. the upper part. to which the iron is attached. being grooved. In this groove, several irregular shaped pieces of hen are insetted. These appear to have been beaten So with stones. and as they present an irregular serrated edged it should rather he called a saw than a knife. The bone handle smells insufferrely strong of rancid oil, from the eatneatul state in which it has beat that, sod every common means to discharge this taint luta been undue/usefully attempted. We have likewise seen one of their spears. It consists of several pieces of the horn of die sea unicorn tied together wiebtinthgs of thin about one third from the end is a stop . for the thtiroti n V ri eseitst in throwing it. Ttais. like the knife. is of the mutt It is not even straight in its form. but is envi es Ogg: of the same o.ifensive smell as the knille-hondles ' • Their principal food consists of birds, of which it amain thtentirs - her is astonishing. These they eat raw. The lash itE seals anti of the sea unicorn is also a past of th it nourishment. ' We are informed by a correspondent, but we do nut vouch for the fact, and hope it is not well ftninded, that Lord ltanelog,h, in consequence of a recent verdict, and to prevent the necessity of personal attendance in future on similar occasions, has hat) several spring guns made, under his own direction, end of an uncommon size, such as before were never heard of--Sun.