The National Register. — London, England, 1821-10-08 00:00:00

INQUESTS. On the 25th ult. an inquest was held at Hentlington, OD view of the body ofJatues Harris a labouret. This was a case a hich excited considerable attention, and the exami nation of several witnesses. It appeared front the evidence of Mr. Wingfield; surgeon, and Mr. Rusher, apothecary, of Oxford. that the deceased died in cousequeisce of taking corrosive sublimate on Sunday, the 9th inst. ; but how he procured the sublimate could not be ascertaine d. He lingered iu extreme agony until Sunday, the 29t1, tai which day he died. From the evidence given by Jane Harris, the wife of the deceased, and other a itnesscs, it appeared that in May last she left her husband, and cohabited tie about three weeks with Henry Hyatt, a labourer, of ilcadington, a married moan.— Hyatt is a young matt; her hmhand was only 31 years of age. She did not leave her husband on account of any quarrel. She left Hyatt, and stem to her sister's, from w hose house her husband fetched her, Ile never afterwards ' reproached her. On Saturday the Ph inst. site was re lit. g foot work with her husband, when Hyatt came up to her, and asked her how she anti, at %Inch her husband was much irritated, tend challene,ed Hyatt to light, who de elated it then, but said he would tight him at any other time. Hat Os and his wife then went home. No COIIVerSai kill passed bet area them in going home. He a cat up stair, and said " I wall go away," and immediately ram down stairs. His ife °vet took him, and locked him in ; he then jumped out of the is indow, and went stay, hut retained its a quarter of an hour, and went to lied. Did not speak all night, but appeaied much agitated and distressed in tnisid. About right o'clock the next mortiiiig she asked Win to get up and have his breakfast; he refused. She then went dose stairs and fetched some milk, a hid' she took up stairs. Shortly afterwards he said to her, " I have been and took some poi son." Site looked at hint, and saw him wills a cup in has band, which she took from him, but lie had drank the greater part of the contents. Mr. Rustier was sent for, who examined the remainder of the liquid in the cup, and found it to be at before stated, corrosive sublimate. Elizabeth Willie, a near neighbour of the deceased, ttr. , one of the es ituesses, stated, that, in her opinion, " VPte de. ceased had not been its his plotter wind for sante tittle," es hich was evidently occasioned by his jealsogsy of Hyatt.— It appeared also, by the evidence of t.tlier witnesses, that ow conduct of Harris had lately been very different to se hat it hail been previtnetly to his elopement. After the Coroner had se:mined up the evidence, the Jury return d a That the deceased died in consequence of having poison when in a state of temporary Mom limy." bite Cormier then addressed Jane Harris is strong terms ; pointing out to her the gross impropriety of her coil dael, which was clearly proved to have been the cause of her husband's premature death r anti that, in fact, she was nionille. though .not ;mint of law, guilty of murder. Its this address the Jury unanimously coincided. The AOCIDENT AT ST. PAUL:* C•TLI0014 A 16-00 Mon day, at anon, an Inquisition was taken before T. Shelton, Esq. Cormier for the City of London, at St. Bartholomew's hospital, on the bodies of Thomas Moutgun and James May, who were itidartunately killed by the falling of u scaffold within the douse of St. Paul's Cathedral, oa Saturday morn ing last. James Delaney, one of the labourers, deposed, that on Saturday morning, a little before seven o'clack, he and several others wets: employed in hauling up a pole, for the purpose of erecting the scatfold, when suddenly the center ledeer, which supports the planks, broke, and instantly the whole of the norkiiien, eight in number, came down with the scallottling, but most fortunately wily the deceased per sons were precipitated on the hag stones; the others pro videntially becteenejammed between the boatds, and were loan rescued from their situation, without any material injury; witness fell with them, but saved himself by catching hold of a ladder. The height of the scaffold was J 4 ket.— hlelligan cause down upon his head, a hich appeared to be dreadfully fractured, and when taken up etas quite insensible and covered with blood; be died before he reached the hospital. May received several severe bruises on his body mid limbs, but was sensible. The pour fcllots were iustantly conveyed to the hospital. Mr. Linguard, a l yor, stated, that he mid several emi nent builders have examined the scatbild, which is perfects) secure and strong; it is their °piano' the occurrenc e w as purely accidental. They have examined the center ledger that hi tike, which appears to he perfectly sound, and in his opinion the weight of eight men occasioned it to break. On a question by a Juno., " Was it requisite to have so many persons employed to hand up a scaffold pole I" Wit miss said " No ; he cutisidered tog would have been quite sufficient, and that they bad dune it without any instructions from their employer." Mr. A. Maxfield, one of the House Surgeons in St. Rar. tholoinew's hospital, then described the Willa, WO Of the suf. ferers. He said, on examining Mohican, he found a severe fracture of the skull, and that part of the brain had been beaten in; he was quite dead, May, the other individual, had hi, left thigh mid leg brultea ; his right area and some part of his bat k bone appeared to have been driseti in by the fall ; lie sum rived only a few loans. The J ury, without a momeut's hesitation, returned as err dirt of " Accidental death." Monday evening at seven o'clock, an inquisition, which la-red several hours, was taken before 1. Shelton, Esq. Coroner for London mid Southwark, in the Hoard-room of St. Thomas's Hospital, on view of the body of Joseph Harris, aged 64, by trade a trunk-maker, who came to his dr ath under the following circunistatiees. Toe in quest room was much crowded, as the case excited wore than sit dinai y inlet est, and several respectable friends of the deceased were in tendance. The first witness called was Joseph Harris. He stated that he is no relative to the deceased, and is a carpenter by business. On the evening of last Saturday three weeks, about half past eight o'clock, he was passing along Oraceelinich-street, accompanied by his wife, and 1/11Sel veil two coaches coming from London-bridge, to• wards 'limy were each drawn by four horses, and were driving at a furious rate, and seemed to be racing one against the other; one of them was a tittle a head. 'l•he deceased at that time was crossing from the end of Lombard-street towards Gracechurch-street ; the coach which was in the rear got on first, and passed the deceased; seeing that lie was likely to be run over, lie (witness) called out to the driver of the latter coach to poll up, but lie drove oil, and before the poor mail had time to get out of the way he was knocked down by the leaders; the driver then pulled up the horses, and he ran and took hold of the tents to pi event the coach from going over him; the tore wheel passed over one of his legs, but Slapped before it went over the other. ?Several person.> as well as Wittnes, called out to the coachman to stop ; bat THE NATIONAL REGISTER he cannot say whether he beard or not. The deceased, on being extricated from ander the coach, was conveyed into Surgeon Wheeler's shop opposite, and afterwards taken to this hospital. Mrs. Sarah Barris, the wife of the witness, corrobo rated his testimony in every respect except seeing the deceased knocked down. _ A professional gentlemen who said he attended on the part of the coachman, stepped forward and suggested to the Co roller that he had some questions to put to the last witness, when the latter said he would not allow any one to interfere with the witnesses, and that they had no holiness attempting to meddle in the discharge of his duty, upon which the soli citor tt Mr. Rubt. Richardson, of Clentent'sdane, Lombard-street, tented, that on the evening alluded to by the first witness he wasgoing front Little Bestehen+ towards Gracecliareh-street,, when his attention was first called by hearing several perse, a , vociferating very near London bridge, as if something - a l arms ing was likely to happen, and at the same time hetrd a great noise of carriages: the persons seemed to he in a state of alarm from the manner they cried out : 10 - ntost immediately two coaches passed him ill Gracechtiarkst.tect, thriving at a furious rate, and appnrently etsedeading one against the other; the first was the Dover Al.argate coach, and the other was the Frew h mail. As they passed, he heard some pet sons call out loudly, a man was run over, and nil to Fencturch43l reel, site the mail at a stated, uud the deceased, who wits just takeu from under the wheel, were inking him to a surgeon's. supperted by men who The name on the coach was " The Paris Diligenee."—He did no: hear the horns blow. The coaches were driving at sech a terrific rate as In excite general alarm, and he con sidered they would not get to the Spread Eagle in l'enchurch. street hifore some nceident would occur. He did not take any particular notice of the driver. Mr. Wheeler of Gracechurch-street, surAeou, and several other respectable witnesses, deposed as to the manner the touches were driving. Miss Sarah Franklin stilted, she resides at the Angel inn, near St. Clement's Church, Strand, she was inside passenge, in the Paris Diligence ou the evening of Saturday three weeks; she was so much alarmed, and in such deep conver sation with a gentleman la the ti we of the accident, she can not say iu whist street it ocean ed, but it was near the Gene ral Post °Mee; considers the coach was Going at the usual rate: she is very timorous; if it had been going at an no proper rate she mint have been sensible of it ; it slopped a soon as the accident happened. The coachman's name is Thomas Unwell; he was perfectly sober sit the time, and drove the coach from Canterbury—she diil clot hear the horns blow. 'The coach usually pulls up at the Angel inn. Mr. Richard V add, dresser to Mr. Green, one of the sur geon's of St. Thomas's Holpital, attended the deceased there about 9 o'clock on the evening of last Saturday three weeks, and on ezatnination found a simple fracture of both bone' of the left leg, and dressed the contused wound. He was going on pretty well until a fortnight sifter, a lien the latter injury went on speedily to mortification, aim which caused his death about four o'clock on Saturday morning. The solicitor for the 01 fence produced tour witnesses, w ho were examined at great length, but their testimony seemed quite inconsistent, nod no point whatever was adduced by them that might tend to exculpate the accused. Thomas Hall, the guard, swore he did not know which was his right side of the street; and, on his crow-examination, was found to give most contradictory evidence. The case having berm must fully and minutely sifted, the Coroner belay recapitulated the evidence, and pointed out the law bearing on the case to the Jury, who, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict uf—Maushingh ter against Thomas Dovell, the coachman; and found a a &Wand of 101. on the coach and horse's. The Cormier issued his warrant for Dovell's apprehension, who Is yet at large. Asironomy.—Juimer and Saturn, the most beautiful planets of our system, rise nearly due east at seven o'clock in the evening. The coloured belts of Jupiter, with his four little moons, and the luminous ring which surrounds toe equatorial regions of Saturn, and presents one of the Ii si telescope objects in the heavens, may now be seen at eight or nine o'clock with a very good inght glass. The approach of these planets till next Decenther will be very trifling; thy are at presmt little more than three degrees trout each other by a quadrant, Saturn be mg to the south of Jupiter. Ihe beautiful planet Venus, which has passed her superior conjunc tion, and is about 30 degrees south of the Sun, in the sign Scorpio, may be seen with the naked eye soon after sunset, a lets degrees above the horizon, about W.S.W. firious Driving.—On Thursday week, at half-past seven ni the evening, sonic f. how drove a market-cart at full speed along Fleet -street, and being drunk, or tillable to direct his horse on the right side of the street, lie Caine 111 contact. neat Temple-bar, with a fine horse belonging In Sir Richard Pnillips, with such violence as to force one of the shafts CoMpletely through the ani mal's hip. The transaction was witnessed by nearly MO persons, yet, as soon as the villatat bad disentangled Imaisell, he galloped olf, and has not since been traced; though as the cart, its horse, and driver, can be identi fied, Mere ire hopes that such an atrocity will not escape its deserted punishment. 'llse wounded horse hogered 111 great suffering fin* three days. _ . Butivries.—Atout ei g ht oclock on Tuesday evening Mr. Maurice Hustle, of 12. Park.street, blingion, was stopped in Hulywell-lane. Sboreditch, by three villains, one of whom knocked him down, and the gang robbed hint of a valuable gold repeating Watch and appendages, and "lss. in motley, with which they escaped. The same ni g ht the coach-house of Mr. Peter, coach-maker, in South Aildley-street, was broken into and robbed of eight plate glasses, a dashing iron covered with patent lealher t and two new leath e r a prons from gigs. On Wednesday some daring villains found ine.ais to enter the house of Mr. Stone, Nu. I. Palmer's Terrace, Is !Uranial. The cloth was laid in the parlour (or dinner, in trine!) there was no person as the • and a vain :Wka set or eight castors, cut, richly mounted in silver with a silver stand, boat shape, was carried oft by the thieves. A few eveion4s ago Mr. Stowe etas stopped at tie eirl of the ierr.ite, near has own house, and rubbed of his watch and money. An outward-bound vessel foundered in the Irish channel, and all on board perished, in the storm which drove his Majesty's yacht into Milford. _ DO I tCe. ..••=lll 119 , - BO W-STREET. NOVEL OCCWIRENCILO-00 Thursday morning Doctor Veitch, of Charlotte-place, Pimlico, a gentleman whose attention is chiefly directed to the cure of persons lawns.. ing tinder mental derangement's apple!ed to George Row land Minshull, Esq. the sitting M".:gistrate, and requested his assistance to recover - a Pthent who had been surrep titiously removed from hi, care and protection. The Doctor stated, that a gentleman who had been long deranged war pkased by his relations cruder his care some time ago, toe he appointed a man whom he thought cour Petult and trustworthy, to watch over him. The man eagetited the trust reposed in him with fidelity, until a few days ago, when he absconded, taking the patient with him, and was no where to be found or heard of. He (the Doctor) however, had some hope of finding him, if the worthy magistrate would give him the assistance of an active and intelligent officer. Mr. Minshull.—l do not think I have power to interfere in such a matter. Ido not know that you have any au- thority over the patient. Dr. Veitch.—l have authority both as the physician. and the friend of the patient. I have kIIOWII hum many years. Mr. Minshull.—Have you other persons afflicted with the same malady under your care: or. Veiteli--I have. Mr. Minshull.—Wisero is your estahlish , nent ? Dr. Veitch.—l have no distinct establishment. I have many patients under my care, hut I place them its sepa rate cottages, ur lodgings, with proper persons to attend upon them. Mr. Miushisil.—That I presume, is part of your mode of treatment ? Dr. 'VeitCh.—lt is, Sir ; because I sin of opinion that • cure is much inure likely to be effected when a patient is kept by himself, than when lie is suffered to mingle with others similarly afflicted. Such an association often tends to confirm the malady :ieyond the reach of cure. Mr. Minsbull.-1 am afraid this is a case iu which I have no power to interfere. I know of no law which authorises me to order the apprehension of the man who is said to hate absconded with the patient, or even to de. fain the patient himself toicitily." Dr. Veitcli.—l spoke to Sir rtichard Birnie early this mooting upon the subject, and lie said that in such a case, perhaps I should do right to act rather with a vigour be yond the law. Mr. Ilinshisll.—lf you chess to act, you may i but it must lie entirely upon your own resposibility. Remember I give you no authority. D r . Veitch.—Oh certainly. I shall exonerate you, Sir, from till respmusibility , rely upon it. I only wish to have un officer with me to render me proper assistance if necessary. Mr. Mins Intl.-I'ou may take an Mticer with you to see that the pence is nut broken, but his poser will not extend beyond trot. Dr. Veitch.—l will take all risk upon myself. The pa tient is a man of hush family connexions, and I have no doubt he has been t-lx-n away for some sinister purpose.— I am determined to get him hack if possible. The. Doctor then lelt tile office, and drove off in a coach, accompanied by two of the patrol. M A Rif-1.1....80N E. George Cooper, driver of one of S❑lmott's Paddington coaches, appeased to an information wider the stage coach act, charging him with carrying six outside passer. gers slid luggage un his coach, beim; one more thaw is allowed by the said act; for which offence lie had incur. reel a penalty of ltd. with costs. It was proved in evidence that the defendant's coach was observed going to Paddington on the 17th of Sept. with six grown persona on the roof. also a large box, which was plated un the foot-board between the defend ant's legs, instead of being, according to the words of the statute, in a boot either in front or back of the said coach. This was the case for the information. Mr. Rawlinson, the Magistrate, read the chime in the act, which states, that no stage coach drawn lay two horses, shall carry any more than five entente passengers with luggage, or seven without any luggage. Such gage, as aforesaid, shall he plaved in , a. bout either in the front or back of the said coach. The defendant said that all co3ehmen on the Padding tou-road woule he liable by the above act, and he thought it was very severe. Mr. itanlinson observed, that he was surprised Mr. Salmon, the proprietor of the coach, did slot appear to protect the defendant if his-otieuding the laws was for his intei est. The informer stated, that on the affair being named Ito Mr. Saltness, he said he derived no benefit from the conduct of the defendant, and should therefore leave him to his fate. The Magistrate convicted the delend.unsin the mitigated penalty of 51. and costs. There is now a considerable degree of briskness in the iron trade of Staffordshire; the furnaces are in operation, and most of the hands fully employed. The following conviction under the Game Laws took place at 13anistaple, a few cla)s siill* :—A fanner of the name of Hugh Stoles', of Sherwin, was summoned to answer an information fin having two young hares in his house. It appears by the evidence, that the faritte.'s workman, in c 4 a field of grass, accideittally mowed over two )(song hares or leverets, anont a month old, that were concealed in the grass, and killed them. He intoning' his master to the COCtimstattoe, 'vivo gate his workman strict Mj.oICLOMS out to take the Is ires, but leave them in the field ; eontrary, however. to those or ders, the apprentice law, time following day, whilst his twister was at market, took rite liar •is to the IsINIS where a fellow who hail tiLvo tv.irking tun Sioley, yaw them, and immediately gave info 11l Mon to tile l for Cie Protection in Game, its that neigiwourtiood. Toe complaint was heard ti ore James White, E q. e'ul several other magistrates, who are Steinberg ~f mat as. social ion; and although Slt, cv pro‘ed nt., entire ill uu. ranee of their arcing its his hoose, mid his servant gill proved that she had concealed them there unknown her muter, yet the magistrates convicted Irian in toe lull penalty of huh. and costs. We inimrstand the cow ices, Imo will he reunited by ce - liuro m i two the C:iort of Kin o 's Mitch. • ~' 1