The National Register. — London, England, 1813-08-08 00:00:00

.. MO TTi ATION lag fifty Coombs of wheat, a cart lodge, and some stocks of stover, property of Mr..l. MIAs. was set on fire and destroyed. .On Sunday sentoight, one of the Worthing coaches, in retorning from London. was overturned near Epsom. in consequence of one of the wheels coming oft . Mr. Wilson, a farmer, of Horsham, who was an outside passenger, had an arm broken, 4nd was otherwise so dais gerously hurt. ,that he dug! on Tuesday - morning. A lady. and several other passengers, also received injuries, but comparatively of a trifling nature. The same coach was overturned on the Wednesday preced ing.. when tt'e coachman had a leg fractured. Extract Of, a letter from Deal, dated Wednesday. August 4:— " About two o'clock this afternoon an unusual quantity of smoke was seen issuing froM the after-part of a lore'. ship at anchor in the Downs. Ind in a feW minutes more it was discovered she was on fire. Our boatmen, with that promptitude which them, immediately pat off to assist the dis , ressed marine Y, Li a short time the lie..dmost of them were alongside the ienited ves:4l. Volumes of dense fmokr now arose from eve.v part of the ship and the flame began to show itself through every port hole, the deck appearing as one mass of !iv... Before three o'clock the sails and rigging. were on fire, and Mont after wards the fore-topmast went over the side, and the mainmast fill by the board. Our intrepid boatmen kept close alongside, however, and succeeded in towing the burning ship clear of the other vessels riding at anchor in the Downs, until they had got her considerably into the Bay. She proves to he the Favourite, Captain Evans, laden with wine, &As, iron hoops, and other merchandiz-, hound to Guadaloupe. Neither Captain Evans, nor his Mate, can give any conjecture us to the fire." Between Sunday and Monday ge'iniight, a murder was committed in the vicinity of Lisburn, in I re l an d, on the body of an itinermit horse-dealer. He had incautiously exhibited a liandt i il of balik-tioteq, at a public-house in Lisburn, in presence of ii jou' nevoiniii t E I and his body was 1. and in the canal atNewport-bridgt nil Monday morning. It appeared that he had been et - omelet - I irevions to his being thrown in the water. The person suspected of committing the murder had ab sconded. BRIXFIAM, A vc. 3 —Yesterday a decently dressed woman,.spna rentiv about thirty years old. was found murdered in a field at Char stun Ferrers. A lamer in a field just by at work observed a disagree able smell, and, on searching. discovered the body lying on her back, covered with ferns, and u large store of 501 b. weight on her breast ; the body must have lain there several dins, it wns in a state of pu tridity. The murderer is unknown.—Last night a skirmish happened between some soldiers and two sailors; the soldiers being intoxicated drew their ballonets, and the sailors being unarmed, fled to their boat, whither the soldiers pnrsned them. One of the sailors seeing his dan ger, leapt overboard and swam away. the other was overtaken by th e soldiers, who mangled :red stal,bed bias in se v e r a l pl aces , an d then made their escape, it being vcry Tile sailor is since dead of his wounds. In the evening of Wednesday semlight, at a !louse in the parish of St. Alay Steps, Exeter, as upwards of twenty person; were as sembled to cat and drink over the remains of a deceased friend, the corpse being placed in a back part of the num), he floor suddenly tr4Ve way, and the %hole company were preeipitaied into a (lark abode be low, except the dead body ito the cotlie. which remained above, by the end of a beam that was andcr it coming in comae with a ladder ; three men and a woman were severely bruised, but no lines lost. PROVINCIAL A:.!SIZES. HAMPSHIRE, Mem., G.--Edward :N'tinire, Andrew Dillon, Joseph Gilchrist, and Daniel O'Brien, where charged with the wilful. murder of Lieutenant Blundell , in a duel, in the Isle of %%Tight. The Rev. John rfanvis is a Magistrate, residing at Niton, in the Isle of ICight:-.:-On the nth of July, about eight in the evening, was informed that Mrs, 'White, mother-in-law to Lientenant-Blituddl, the dceeased, wished to see him ; he went to her at dusk ; in con. sequence of what site said, he went to tho White Lion, and asked the landlord for Mr. M‘Guire, who came to him, and they walked backward and forward -nea r th e Inn. He told M r . 111(..Guire, in consequence of information,' he m i nt bind him to keep the peace. Mr. M'Guirc replied he was a peaceabld man, and that he had been ill used ; that Blundell. had raised a report that he had supplied M‘Gnire with clothes. Witness said he must do his duty, if he per sisted in his intention of fighting, and requested him to go to the Barracks immediately. He replied he should be happy to oblige libn, and he repeated his request, and requited his word ansi honour that he would not tight Blundell; M•Guire 'tidied, I give you my ward of honour that I will not challenge Blundell ; which they parted ) and ArGuire went towards the Barracks. Witness returned RMSTERI Atmusr 8. to the N'l►tte Lion, and de.i7edli might be brought to him : .he waited i conAidei abb.. rime, Out he did not come ; went to the •ionse were he was and saw with Licuts. Dillon and A. O'Brien. Mr. Blundell care to him. and they had some con •ersation. Mr. Minden returned, ;Ind so did the witness ; ad. dressing himself to the company, Lieut. Dillon sitting at the head of the table. he Paid he feared they were there at oo good ; that he was a Magistrate, and that le‘ came to keep the peace ; that if there was any di position to a duel, he •hould bind them over. Mr. Blundell took the lead in the conversation, and said, in certain situations, Gentlemen in the army were obliged , t) ti4ht duels. Dillon observed, if any officer in hi• regiment refusel , o fight. lie should feel it hi , duty to inform the Commanding ()trim. The rest, with the exception of Bimule! , followed, butt did Mit sy so much about it. Witness jhen repeated he would have no fighting, and asked it' there was no interinvtliate course ; lie was tolii by A i .. Dillon, that fighting there must be, in WPC :•itu,atiou, r►;,er a little more conversation, he retired sayieg there s,lcudd ue no fighting ; Mr. Dillon said to him, there" should be !IC fighting in your district." They were then eating and t►rinkin; fiTtiy, Witness then went home. The Judge censured Itlr. Barwis for not acting more jro,lll4tly. Cross-examined--is quite certain Mr. Dido:i ate'. i;ricn were at the White Lion. When he saw them lw.Core .he Coronvr, he rtcornised them. 0 Brien did not say much, but w . tiat Le s . ,id accorded with Dillon. James Fitzgerald, private in the 96th regiment of fut.!, is serviait to Gilchrist, was so on the 9th of this month ; was in 1 1 4rk 1 .arst Barracks on that morning. By order of his master, he took to Newport a box ; did nut at that time know its contents ; went to Mr. Webb's for a hat for him, and afterwards went with his maskr to were the duel was fought, at the kick olCarislstook Cas.le, Mr. M'Gnire was with his master. Soon after they were there, Mr. Blundell and Mr. Heniwings came to the spot ; when th. y met they proceeded to the back of the Castle. awl Mr. Hemmings measured out the ground, tak either 12 or 13 paces. He inalings asked Mr. Gilchrist for a pistol ; Gilchrist answered if rat have it. it shall be without my consent, and against my wishes, tint trey should he used .bn that day ; on which Mr. Hemmings was desired by Mr. Blundell to get one of his own, and the pistol * was produced and loaded. Mr. Hemmings gave the word and ths y both tired together. Blundell stood his ground. and handed his pistol to ilemmiugs. Hemmings said the pistol was burst, and Blundell was asked to borrow one of Gilchrist, as he wished to have another shot. Than Gilchrist and Hemmings went to Blundell, assd afterwards to M•Guire, but he did not hear what pas::ed. After this they loaded M.Guire's pistols., and each took oee. ;!ate the word, they fired, and Mr. Blundell fell. M'Guirc, Gilchrist awd Hemmings came up to him. Blundell said, my dear M•Guire, lam dying, bat I forgive yon from my heart and soul ; the,' Gilchrist shook hains with him, and said, are yon satisfied that wehave behaved it'. Gen- Beulah to day : he replied yes, my dear Gilchrist, I die in peace with vim all. Witness wais swot for a Doctor, whom he met coming out ; and when he returned, the parties were ail gone. Mr. Win. Dunlop is surgeon of the 98:11 regiment ; on the 9th inst. he was called on to attend Mr. Mundell alma one o'clock, at Newport ; be was lying on his back, his clothes t..ke:, off', and a medical gentleman attending. The ball had entered between the hack and shoulder blade, and passed through the lungs. and struck the sixth rib on the left side, and lodged wider the arm pit. T. Bayles, Captain and Adjutant at the army Depot, in the Isle 01 Wight, on the 9th was in company with the deceased. Blundell ; in consequence of a letter witness waited on the deceased, who told him he was mortally wounded ; witness told him he was sent by Geiieral Taylor to enquire into the circumstance, and requested him to inform him who were the seconds ; he replied Hemmings was his second, Gilchrist the other's ; he said, that Mr. 51‘Guire and tie had an altercation, but that it was not his wish to iutet Mr. M‘Guire : he wool(' have frttied it, but that he was in a manlier compelled ; be said several officers had been to him, their names were O'Brien, Dillon, and several others : that be did not owe Mr. ntinire any animosity. It was between foir and five in the after noon when lie went down to Blundell, he understood on the same day the duel took • place; there were several person, in the room when he went there, but did not particularly observe atiy mie. lie went to Blundell for the purpose of collecting the particulars ; lie told him it N 1 as not Ins intention to have fought if he could have avoided it ; that he had the Adjutant-General's permission to go to London ; that he intended to have let the business pitsb over, and to have trot on the half pay, and that he :vas going off ,41 that day. O'Brien and Dillon told if he did m.t meet Aliginire he should be discarded. itutss mild not !can how the dispute otigiLated. T