The National Register. — London, England, 1814-08-21 00:00:00

t ail PO LICE. BOW - ST R E ET. St cr ICION OR MURDER —TlitlrMby informatien was re ceived at the above office, that a mar: had been killed, by being pushed out of a window On the second floor uf a house of iitqatne, in S l'ards in 1 11' 2 Strand ; in consequence of which Vit kery, the officer, was sent to enquire into the r.i cumstarces. Ile learned that the ceased was a sailor, and had trivell.d from Plyeunitb and Exeter by the 1:0301, to Landon, which by the ejrclessness of the ceachnan, who was intoxicated, was over Um:o ab-ut two stlees front 1.4 . 0'•n, whoo the deceased, and ali the pa,sengers in,i 'c and out, were severely hurt The deceased rec ve t Wollild -0.11 hi, r o - ehraii, Which was dressed by a surgeon rear t;.e On Wr4..t a !'s nm •iiig he called on Mr. Cooper, a surgeon 113 tlry Pt) 1104;4: b'S wound dre,sed again, which was done he t rte , bopman, arlse .et't`h On 10 b- blooded ; but he was rough and v elrre, nod :aid he had no blood to spare. lie was recommendeo to reitam trout spints curing tipt day ; hew ever, it appeared, that he had been to the E•Ouburgli Castle public }louse, in tl:e Strand, and other-public 11 , 0 uses, io ceuipany with seve ral persons, dtenking till he became intoxicated. At the I.iitiburgh Castle he kit two tl. 13 ink-notes, and other protserty in the care cl the landlord. About 11 o'clock f:1) WeaDeSdlV nigh, in a state of in toxication, he w cot with a female to a house ut Sw and Wen! to bed by himself in 1 room on the second floor. In about an 10:ur afterwards, sortie ot the neighbours gave the alarm that the house iind been rWthed, an t the robber hal escaped out of a window oil the se cond II or. On enquay, and it proving to he tht decease I who had been a lodger in the house, sonic evil :lispo,ed persons said he had been robbed and pushed out of window. 0 b u ll it;eestigatiou of all the circumstances, there is every reason to believe that he was seized with d.litium from the elii:cts of his wound, and trout drunkenne,s, on end ing himself in a strange room, and being urable to find his way out ; it was supoofed he had endeavoured to let himself down from the window by blankets, wen he untortunately fell. The occupier of the house ciene home just as the decee:ici tell eta of the window, and retched Mr. Wat,on, a stugeon, with all possible speed, who bled the men, but found him in such a w ouralen state, that he advised his being taken to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where he expired in a ehott time Ilis death was not attlibuted to the injury ire received i'rom his 101 l from the window, as thO bruises from that wee principally on his legs and thighs, but to the concussion of the brain. Tile keeper of the hou-e, his female servant, who received the de ceased, and the female who went with him, attended Vickery to the thee, and gave a very frank account of all the circumstances of the ease. They were not detained, on promising to attend to give evis Bence at the Coroner's Inquest. Ott Friday evening a Corou'rs inquest was held on the body of the deceased J. Browne, when, atter a full investigati. n of all the above circumstances, the Jury returned a verdict of ACC:II)EN me ok:Aeti. CROSS DROPPING. T'NtoN HALL —George Waller was charged by William Millar a skljeant in the Royal At tilicry, with having defrauded him of 101. hy the old trick of Croli• urvil,vitoz. 'tile prosecutor stated that he was some days ago walking it) Lae Boroneli, %%Itoe 1w oloervcd a de cent looking elderly man w.ill.log. just !refine itim, who stooped and picked lip a small 'med. lie tinned to the prosecutor and ob • v •.'4.1, " Sir, yen ere in luck ; !wit' this, be what it may, i y'our's." h. well, into a pnbhr house to examine the contents of their Gad They .t found it was aln I illhtlf CrOSS wrapped up in a receipt for owlet, ali ..ntleman who was sitting in the room, as if by accident, 73111. 2.. , . inl itl i ttusted permission to look at it, saying he was a o!)Arvcd it , ' •liirt d the price of it, and on being thld 2- . ..01. said lapidary. He cart ,) at that sum. The oily difticultv now re it was rstreniely cher,. 'lies should divide their prize, f neither o wanting war. how the pa. t oA them kiv i ll4 money soticieu.. tlawst it as agt ced that they should 1 • anu in the mean time the prwecutor mvut again in the afternoon , was to have the cross, and to Jewish' MI- in the hands of the finder. 'Chi' arrangement having been made, th:lY were abont to separate, when the proxeentor suddenly recollected be had a friend in th e neinhinairliond who wool-1 settle the business innitui'iately fur them : aril I t was agreed they should set mit for Ili. !louse directly. 13 the . wav the prisoner took Vie (Toss again, but forgot to return the lok and on arriving at the Elephant and.Castle,lie said he wanted to step in, but wood!' not he a moment, terpcs;ing the prosecutor svoidd %%ait for him. This was aareed to. 'Die prosecutor continued to wait till his paftence was crihausted, and at length went in to iminire for his friend, when he found to his great mortification he had long been gone, having oily enteved at one door and made his exit at the other, quite forgetful ori fice ft iend who was waiting for him, and the busi ness they were going upon. Information was immediately given to Colliughourn, who yesterday took the prisoner into custody, and brought him before the sitting magistrate, by Whom he Was com mitted for re-examination. AU G.f2l. nil at I. --W. Parker was chareed by Win. Fielder with sten/- ine an ingot silver. It appeared from Mr. Fieli'er's statement that he 13 a watchmak r, ;Awl '4atiirday lost le l;r.il si -nt hi s I , pretotce with an ittuot of siti.ur UI :1 trig to a sdvers h ire it heat out i nto watch-cases. On lii way the boy was .iiet by the Prison• who ~ t i•pt him and took tlie hag and its contents away. On Monday morniiia, however, as the I .e,\• wiio walking Ir. Newgate.market. with his 'moiler, lie saw 11i Prism.. . ..n•I ki.ew nil% and gave this alarm; thy Prisoner ran oil, btu the boy pursued him closely, when the villain turned round »nd linockud /silo down. The boy. howeet.ic, still persevered in his o ur . suit, and traced Lim nil. ‘4•11.. , ..• he was secured v.hilst 11(- 1(919061g to riiiiceal ntinsclf belii•Jl some corn:. He was ye s t e rd a y hrtmeln up fir res-ex.o.oralion, and lolly eteniiiitted for trial. HAT TON Ak Latz.—•PlllrS'ldy, John Dunn, abed ; Mielniet W a l s h, a sv%,:ri), :iget! it; Ja .ies Tucker, a sw- ep, agc.l 12 ; Th e . mils Willie, a; • - d ; George 10 ; James Norris, 8 ; an d An _ ,trety 12 rais age, were brought up, as syss Sarah Broad field, otherwise Gillttian, (-he hJVitl cohabited with a man 0 . 014 natty...), charged, the I nes with ste an 4 the latter wi'll receiving knowing the same to be stolen. It was stavli that the priainers were l',;;rt of a gang of pickpockets and young thiesr?s, who were in the habit of going to various shops about Holborn, and rot-bing them. They con!essed having stolen several pieces nt bicon. from &IF!. rent shops, which they sold to Mrs• Broadfreld, or Gilman, who keeps a clothes-ihoo in Field-lane. w!ii..re they disposed of every thing they stole. Three pieces of bacon ware produced which were produced which were found in her possession, and were identified to be part of the setup n property. All the boys, exce l ); James Norri , , who was deli veted to his friends, were rem3oded to the House of Corr-ctio.!, and Sarah Broadfi Id to Clerkenweil prison for re-examination. Mow'ay, the Recorder made a report to the Prince Rtgent in Coun cil, of twenty-eight convicts remaining u:tdcr se.ten.:e of death in Newkite, when the following six were ordered to be exec und on o morrow, viz. Henry Lye and John Field, alias Jonathan Wild, for burglary ; J hn Mitchell, thr f ,- ;rgery ; arid Francis Sturges, Maroney Maloney, and John Ash., lot hign way robbery. others were .411 r durin; pleasure. Friday s , fimight, Edward Clark, William Potter, at:d )usse Pal mer, capitally conv:cied at the lore Escx At 6.4.-%., were executed at Chelmsford, purs,ii- , to'rheir sentence. When on the t•c:il101d, they appeared penitent, a:vi rer4ned to their awful Lte.—Ldward Clarke clamed to his fritilds the tol!„ singular letter : " Condemned Cells, Friday Morning, Aug. 12, If l l4. " I, Edward Clarke, now- in a few hours expecte' g to die, do eercly wi,h, a, mv last request, that three of im fingers betaken from my hands, to he given to my three children as a wrarn..i; tO them, as my fingers were the cau.ze of bringing myself io .;lows, and ntv children to poverty ; and T also request that it lis and Mr. C. 1;:own, two brother prisoners, will b:t so koal as to see it dot. , they ::nosing which they are, by their marking t!iern at • my request with ink ; and 1 acknowledge with sincere thank 3 their • being so good as to sit lip in prayer all night before toy execution • with rite and my fellow prisoners in the condemned cells, w Inch I hope the Lot:1 yin 1,1,-ss them for."—'l :pis iequeat was. strictly corn lied with by the Surgeon, ac Saturday sennight, a womai. rained Numphris, the wife of a man who ke •s a disur.terly house at Cheltenham. terminated her life by thinking tea cup-full of the oil of vitriol, an.: directly after a quanti ty of we.ter. The avowel cause of this ;anal :!ct was, that her bus h ;nd h.:.1 forgiven a female named Wood, who had in dtreat,tl her. — Verdi( telo de se. Olt Wednesday last, a coroner's Inqiie , t was held in Leicester, upon the body of John Scott, who was kilt d by the k'ck of a horse. it siopearcd that the &ceased was ',toting the horse with a stick over liis loiinz. having at the same time hold of his tail and standing behind ' him, which of:ca.:toned the alioral to I. ick, and his heels going with full force against the stomach of the untortunate man, h e e xvired scantly. We wish this m operate as a caution against treatiin, hor ses with similar !totality, which not untrequently recoils in ti;is %vaY upon the otender. - - Basra NoTrti.-- The eznet :mount of tie LiAnk Notes in ciictilalion is now very Inaly abeertaii,ed ;an al incalculable nu mber ot wiich Mill, of ctur.e ne handed over by the proper authorities in 'how. who, at this ions seinom, hive the prudent f re eight to purch.i.e Tickets or Shares in the adrairohle• Lottery, which draws on the hi at teinber, in which twenties and tel.a of thousands %sith other gr t's• pitals float in prolusion, and the lowest Prize exceed, the clot of a Ticket. 13 N son AND MA RC!! ANT v. liusnv, MA) --Oa all , 'l 4 l , hcat wa lately made t ► the V ice Chaneeror, ot: belt ill of the painti,l,, who are the 4:minuet and l'iinter employed by the Defendant tion of his Lucretius, an ir.j..netion was Granted preventog the De• Pendant and - Son from receiving i lth W any of the Uiandlltg, bUit,Criptinal until the tattler order 41: the Cw as.' flee publics- THE NATION L I? EG !STEIL.