The National Register. — London, England, 1813-12-12 00:00:00

nte. ME NA' t~~r • • It had not been proved; that the bill, in its original state,bridevet been in his hand* ; or that he had either forged it himself, or had tittered it knowing it .to-be forged. The forgery mustbaye been h w itixt, wio entirely posses•ed his confidence. Did he abscond? Did he seek to elud- justice ?' He had been seized in the bosom of hiA Cond., in all that seenrity that was - the attendant on innocence. The bill - had passed tireleteeted through the hands of others ; in the same Manner Ai() it might have passed through his. From the pros -Btire of extensive business he had been unable to examine all the bills that had passed through his hands, and the examination of them hal in consegrence • been fregnently entrusted to big clerk, as also the fahne, ap of clieptes. He hoped it would be stated to the Prince I Regent, that tire Jury had taken three hours to consider their ver dict, which showed that no common doubtA hung over his case. At all events, he was confident that he was before a tribunal where any doubts or; the Aide of justice would leave room fur the voice of merry to be heard, and to prevail • - The follow iitg received sentence of transportation : John Richey, Catharine King, and Thomas Whitfield, for four teen years Michael Farrell, for bigamy ; Mary Wheeler, John Toomey, Michael Anthony, Thomas , Aleock, Thomas Sheridan, Daiiiel Powell, George Chambers, Thomas Lowman, Mary ill'Carthy, James Howard, Mark Arnold, Thomas llayticn, and James Twrignotl, for seven years.—Thirty-three to be confined fey different periods, three to be publicly whipped, and two pi i% attly u hipped. • Plarkett, for stealinzlitints,rivately in a Mii ; George Wright t for ntealiniC in a dwelling•iionse ; John Ca&vallader and,Jolin Proctor, for a like of 'nee ; Thomas Bishop, for a burglary ; Peter Pearce and .Jame, Woodland, for stealing in a dwelting-house ; James:, Brown, alias White, for stealing a mare ; John Hatwood,or .0 like offence • Wm. King, for a robbery; Win Bishop and Tho.T n i n e r tor stealing a sheep ; John Webb, for a highway robbery and Jus. Riehardion and James Simons, for. birglary at the AlerOionmv,o, Downshiri?s ;• when his Royal Highness the Prince .Reg e nt. , tf a' pleased to respite tlami during his. .Sylvester Hill, Brad? ' Bontein, Hammond, Chalkley, andl.Thoinas Richketts Lydia, well' not repotted.. BIRTH. 1, 0 ; On Frill,le %e'oniulit. the Duchess of Newcastle, of two• Eno hay% at his (irUCA house iii B. rkle)-square, who, with the another, are &nag ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES. . • . DIED. .: Aged upwards of 90, P. J. Gibbs, E-q. of B ithwick, late of the Iowa: of Trowbrid B e, and in the Commission of the Peace fur Wilts and Su- merset. - .• On Saturday last, aged CB, J. Gregory. Esq. one of his Majesty'r Justices of the Peace, a Commissioner of the Assessed Taxes, st Tris- . tee of the Roads, and Treasurer to the Whig Club, &c. &c. The sic.. ceased left Ilk house in Chelsea in apparent perfect health, in his futsr-.. ~ In cirri chni-e, to attend a Coniniisssoners* .Meeting ) at Kensington; when the horse came to the turnPikelate, the animitteOpped, as it had been aceuvorned to, to pay the toll ;- the gatekeeper, nut receiving the Lull, as Ise expected, addressed 11r. Gregory, but received no answeri A surgeon was 'sent for, and on his arrival, he was of opinion that lifo bad departed before the horse and chaise had arrived at the turnpike gate. . . . Smidenly, on the 22t1 of September, at Pelham-place, Surrey, Corii: lain Dumaresq, aged 93. lie entered his Majesty's service in the year • 17;3?, was promoted to the-rank of Lieutenant In .the year 1744; and having constantly and actively served his country mail incapacitated from old age, he was placed on'she list of Superannuated Commanders in the year 1796. Ile was test years older than his brothel—Adtuiral 'l' , Dumaresq, who died intim year 18W, an Admiral of the Blue. 1 . .....„...---- 5 ,„,„,,—• .—i--,,,.. . .. The Athlone HeritY says—" On Smiday nieht last, a party of armed men attacked the house of James Connell, within a mile and at half of Athlone ; and, after having shot hint thronelt the head, i as if their demoniacal appe.i tes were not sufficiently glutted. they dragged him, weltering, in his blood, into the road, anti drove an inhatalled pitchfork into his heart up to the very hilt, and then, by way of .fincle to this horrid tragedy, tired a shot at his Misfortunate wife, winch entered at one temple, and came ont at the othet. car rying with it both her eyes from the sockets. All exertiona hitherto to trace the perpetrators, we are sorry to-say, are vet unsuccessfitl. It ix supposed that the evidence whirl* Connell gave at the late Asrizes at Mallingar led to the perpetration of this berrid er - ine." Claistiati Sinclair was tried last mall in the JnstieiarY Court of Edinburgh, and found guilty 'Of the murder of a female child, nine mouths old, by pouring arsenic down its throat. She was ordered to be esseeseed on the :nth of December, and her body to be dis sected. The intent was a netural (hits' of her brother's, who, being a mat tied man, deeied his being the father _of it ; and the sister, partaking of her brother's aversion to the child, perpetrated the horrid deed, for which sire is so justly to sutler. AltrllDEH.—Doring the night of Tuesday last, a murder was committed in the house of time Misses tiompertz, - ruder the follow • ing eirettnistatices :—lt appears that three Ladies of that name reside nearly opposite to the principal entrance inVast shall Gardens; that their tonsehrilil consisted of ;three female servants, and a foot . man ; and a Gentleman, their cousin, also resided in the Wane.' The I MA NCIIES f F.R.SQU ARE. nun servant's usual - pructice was h every night ) to the off a musket -at eleven o'clock, stud to reload it. lie *kpt in the kitchen, where 4n elegant and valuable assemblage ut household Furniture:, tiro his musket wait always kept: At About four o'clock on Tuestliry• twatittrel Chimney GlaNves in superb Olt frames; excellent Pitoour morttiog, one of the Misses tionsperti heard the report of a gun, Fortiitute, comprising a sst ta* Mineeii Wittdow Caitlin's, fourteen and instantly.rtmg the bell which conunsinieeted to the kitchen, but elegant NlJkluiguny Chairs •with TialAgar scats, and two Mals , gatly received nu ariAiser. On thii she woke her cousin and sisters, and Grecian Couches 'en suite, a noble large Grecian Pedestal. Sideboard., the female servants, and they went down stairs, and found the, on carved lyon's pates , a capital Sarcephages Wnt ine Cooler toateter kitchen door fast ; they kits eked, but receiving na ansWer, tliey at a rich Grecian Lustre, a Sideboard ut t•zquisite Cut Glass, fine China, length broke it open, one, found the Man Krvant lyre dead by the ~.F.treiers 'table and Bed Linen, the genuine property of au Officer of vt indow .On fertber insnectian, it appeared that the house hag been- ' %mi . ,. ardered.....•to ilansver. • attempted by solitrers, :::,.e had , by great foree,,with an iron craw, I TO BE SOLD BY AtGTION, by Me-srs. 'WALKER and SON, pilled down the %%judos., sl!otters, and afterwards taken out a pribe ._ , ra i s es, N., -0, •Thik wrest, es Manchester square , T&Morreic i , of glass , lay on the grantal nnOreken! It is supnirsed they cm tne pre mises , were at this time heard by the footman, who in opposing theirens - . December 13, andfollonting Day. at Tw elve o'Clock s , trance was firedlipaie. and killed on the spot. The mu-ket was All the truly eleeant Property, comprising lofty mahogany -four taken away. pry the robbers, but found next morning in a field n4ll post bedsteß44 With.littricisonte T:cli eltiniz h a ngings, made in a medetit -joining the hote:e, It was ill a 11)0, stag., as if rry 4 ently bat ; mit style, .with gilt ard pistircoritiers, ornamented with French fringe, we MiderStand one of the female set saets says, that the - deceased - p r ison g ouge foittn.s-lody, ! ar e blaniets, and Mareillesiquilts, bed was pot ante to load if the - preceding Atielit for want of powder, , nem , tsinde,r-enr sins, large Turkey . , 13 fuss* Is, and Wilton carpets, two which he did not discover sill after he hail discharged it as 11F4tak ! eequ ieheiermade Trareleer sideteurshe plain ditto, a set of patent ma- The :114111.30:Vallt'S livery coat was also retina outside the bootie nest - hoeany dining tables, Less' sits "tif pe`dr.st-al card, Pembroke, aid sofa mornitig. '. ••• . % '•-; ' -rabies tfisitiperi.,r. ~, 004 aed• seirk:eatislitp, u large•sectetary , and book- Af the . Prinre• Regent's- Connell, on Teesday, Abe Re . • .casiselergasoly ittla:d, plain di: ing, di-rd, l'em,b-ole, sOft; aud-100 tables, Lotelon•tuatie: the. foltowinst Report of the coNviets rag .: '; largo,vinsex mirters, ori;:ts, peis!ings, hooks, giolso, d barometer, and +dieted at the (lid Bailey Sel. , iniis :—Mary. Smith, alias,Crawn 4 .. . varioos other niseb4 ..ilerts.--Catal ,, i2.nes I at the place of Nile. :thus Madden, Sarah '!'.:tuft, a;;Ai ILOrtitoll, and Alai Williams, alirise• :1:13; lite r alsi.fe.ll:- Lease and risteres of the Hume. tu fie Suld. . - - THE. LARGEST PRIZE . . That has been Drawn for TwI:NTY LOTTcRIES; namely 8335, Entitled to 2(1401. was sold in Eleven Shaw, in the late Lottery ,Contract, by • • BRANSCOMB AND PERRY, N. 1, liaison) Bars, : s Corner of Middle Row, Where Tickets and Shares are on Sale for the KFil? YEAR'S. LOTTERY, of only 1-2,0101. Tickets, containing , 'lswo of 20,0 f )0 Two of s 000 I , • • • Two of 10,00 1 ) Two of 1000 Resides Twenty five other Capitals-, Sze. Asc. begins drawing 14th ut n€xt snontli. --N. lt. Branscontb & Perry's only Ottice,• is the Lower House, Holborn Barrs. AL .1 I