The National Register. — London, England, 1809-09-10 00:00:00

.S EPT . 10. A serious affray took place on Friday night last. in the neigh bourhood of Forden-bridge, Sussex, between a party of smug glers, nine in number, and about half a dozen Officers of Ex cise, and their assistants. "1' he smugglers were attacked by the oificers, whilst removing contr,ikand goods, on eighteen horses, .heavily laden ; and after having been stopped, they commenced an attack with cudgels and rumple ely got the better of the of ficers. The latter, however, got more assistance, pursued them several miles, and took twelve of the horses and their lading. Several on both sides were seriously injured, but there vsere no fire arms used. FELINE ANECDOTE.--The following- account, which may afford an addition to the biographical anecdotes of the cats, oc curred not fourteen miles from Carlisle, and can be well authen ticated :—About six years ago, at a farm on the banks of the Sark, not two miles above Gretna, a young woman was mar ried to a farmer, near Kirkgunzeon Kirk, in the Stewartry of Kircudbright; and when her parents were given her nut.gate as it is called in Scotland, io addition to their gift, she begged of them to give her a favourite eat, which had two kittens : this was granted, and the cat anti kittens were mounted along with her upon the cart, which arrived at the farmer's residence at Kirkgunzeon Kirk that evening. Puss, not satisfied with her new quarters, next night decamped with her two kittens, carrying them one after the other during the night, and hiding them during the day, when, it is supposed she supported herself with the scanty provisions she could procure. It was ascer tained, that she lost one of the kittens in the Langwood, parish of Trocuire, about four miles from Dumfries, where she wa— seen tw a days, and :ifter passing through Dumfries, she arrived at: her old Lodgings, on the banks of the Sark, with the. other kite .ten—having, on her return, travelled not less than forty miles; it t welve days. MILA!CIIOLLY CATASTROPHE —.T. L. a young man of tho city of Londonderry, paid his addresses to a young womau of the name of S. a Clergyman's daughter. This unfortunate young woman had a child by him ten months before. and kept it nnkno nn in an obscure part of the city. He promised fre quently to marry her, but deferred it oa pretence that his cir cumstances would improve in a little time. Some person, however, wrote a private letter to his father, informing him of the business, which his father, it. is prtsumed, spoke to him of. After this he treated her with the greatest cruelty, and ac cused her of having wrote this letter; which she denied ; but he, glad of the opportunity of being ofF, paid his addresses to a Miss S. and was to'be married to her io four or five days. •To amuse this new lady, he proposed givit h or a party of pleasure; the morning previous to which, the deserted young woman con trived to put a quantity of corrosive sublimate into each of the howls of milk provided before breakfast, not thinking that it would do more than prevent their evening's amusement. The young man's brother and sister began to sip, but did not finish all their milk ; he then came in a heat and drank up his and w hat they left also. His brother and sister in a little time after began to vomit. and continued unwell all that day. He returned front the quay, where he had been, anent twelve o'clock, and mentioned that he wasextremely unwell, and went to bed ; his brother and sister got quite well and revived by Sunday ; but sin Monday evening he was taken worse, and died on Thuriday morning. Miss S. (w ho lived next door) as soon as she :veer tai tied his fate, immediately drank an effusion of arsenic; his friends, who Hereby this time aware of the means by which he Caine to his death, sent for a Bailiff to take her into eti:tody. The Bailiff went iu, and fottad her on her bed in much ugonv ; he told her she must accompany him, in which she acquiesced, and proceeded with him to the gaol, where she eapirrd on ad vancing lam the Hall. She left all her letters behind, and a long letter to him, which she wrote some days before she took the ar,enie._ She denied having written the letter to his father. One port of her letter stated, that he had made an attempt to destroy the child, by an infusion of opium ; she 'fatal al.u, tit'►t she herself Neat with an iuteutiuu to poison the child, but could nut Lind courage to do it. A Prize worthy of a Pr :7ire.—The immense Sum of Eighty T:inusand Pounds may he ;rained in the present State Lottery, by purehaing the four Tickets of One, Number. Those who • do not look so high, may gain Sixty Thousand, by haying three Tickets of one Number; Forty Thousand Pounds by two of • the same Number, or Twenty Thousand Pounds by a Single Tieket.—These really Capital Prizets are all tos be determined in one Day, 20th Next Mouth. Tv J ACCIDEATS AXD OFPENCI.:S. On Tuesday morning, about two o'clock, Collinobourn, one of the' officers of Union-Hall, having received informatiori that some persons had been conveyed in a wounded state to a house in Belvidere-place, St. George's-fields, and that the report of two pistols had been heard, he immediately went to the house pointed out to him, and demanded admission : this was refused by those in the house, and it was not till tie had attempted to force open the dour, that he was admitted. The officer imme diately proceeded up stairs, and in the front room, on the upper story, he discovered a young gentleman in bed, apparently its great agony, inconsequence of a wound which tie had received in the side ; in the back room, on the same floor, was a )(sung lady in hid also, in a wounded state. Collin hours instantly sent fur Mr. 'Wagstaff, a surgeon, who examined the wounded persons. Ii appeared upon inquiry that the gentleman bad paid his addresses to the lady for about three months; they had been nut together the preceding evening, awl on their return to his father's house, in a hacks ey coach, just before the coach reach , . ed his father's door, he discharged a pistol at his companion, and a second at himself. The gentleman is the son of Mr. Elliston, of Belvidere-place, and the lady, a Miss Co!sou, whose friends re side iu the Borough. Several persons who had ti knowledge, oft he transact ion were exarninedlon Wednesday at Vnioa-Hall, araongst whom the following were the principal : hlulsten, driver of the coach No. 278, stated that he was called oil' the stand in the Minories, on Monday night last, about eleven o'clock, by a gentleman and too ladies, who ordered him to drive to Crooked-lane, where. one of the ladies got out. The gentleman then desired him to drive to No. 42, .iu Belvedere-place, and paid him his fare, When he arrived ' within two or three doors of the place he was ordered to, be was alarmed by the report of a pistol, and almost immediate ly after of another, and heard the gentleman exclaim, " Oh, can you forgive me in your dying moments?" The lady answer ed, " Yes, yes, yes." He stopped his horses, and, getting oti his box, ran to look for a watchman. On his return, he found the coach empty; and a person informed him that the lady and Gentleman were in the house, and that no harm was done. In searching among the straw of the coach afterwards, be bad found a pair of pistol bags. Mr. 'Ca` tor, No. 42, Belvidere-plate, was sitting at sup per about twelve o'clock on Monday night, when he was alarmed with the report of two pistols; he ran out to see what %l as the occasion of it, and perceived a coach standing near the door with no person on the box ; 'he went up and opened the door, when by the light of the candle he perceived Mr. Elliston and Miss Colson, the latter apparently fainting ; he shut too the door again, and'going to the horses heath, drew the coach close up to Mr. El'ision's door, and assisted in getting them out of the coach ; Mr. Ellistou was begging to be forgiven, saying he had no intention to hurt her; " she answered, yes, yes, I forgive ymu." Mr. Taylor went for the surgeon, and on• his return, in searching the coach, he discovered on the back seat aliistail. bul let; he saw no appearance of blood, but lierceived the maiks of powder on the womans•dress. Mr. Wartair, a surgeon, said he was called on Monday night to attend town persons at Mr. /Allston's, who were supposed to be dangerously hurt. He went and found Miss Colson sitting On the bed, partly undressed. On examining her person, he found she had received a contused w ouud on the right side, w hick was very much contused and swelled; her clothes were perforat ed in several places, and from their appearance, and the a ppear once of the wound, he had no doubt it was inflicted ti ith tire_ arms. Having dressed her wounds, he was desired to atteiat sir. Litataa ; he found him lyiag oa the bed ; he had a oomai which appeared to have been ialiicted with a pistol bullet oa his right side ; the ball struck upon his ribs, just below the breast, and having fortunately taken a slannting direction, it had not penetrated the abdomen. The wound was sery much in dame(' and swelled ; but the witness did not apprehend any ini mediate danger from that cause j from some expressions, boo - ever, which - fell from Mr. 'Allston, he oats fearful he had taken something of a poisonous lettere, and after beiag repeatedly • pressed on the sooject, he acknowledged that findisig the bail had i i not taken effect, tie bad centrived to swallow a considerable 1 ! quantity of opium. The witness did not coaceive either of the 1 psirties to be in imminent danger. TUN E X.% M 1 !ii ATION or Miss COLSON.—Thii young I,af!v not being yet in a state to be removed from Mr. Islistou's house, i a Magistrate. attended fheie on Thursday to take her ex am inai i . 1 ga 1 relative to tho injury she received is Lilst in the coach with :NI es 4 Lhattln, .1110 on Muudas eveniog last. Her statenieut was to the THE NATIONAL REGISTER. -