The National Register. — London, England, 1813-09-12 00:00:00

890 sitting, however, it was curried by a s!fic:ll tniOolity of Vfliett4, six Frenchmen were better than t.:rre piv, and hitter ivcre or dered to Le °fierce! a. 4 a pAtrivtic• gift by the for the lib' - re:him of their cOnntrymen aNd protector.A. exchange WAS duly made. The tire ee pigs were niarelied tc our boats, national guards were led to the vile - c;^, aud the bullet:4-v titer for the Mani tear is pet caring a tinnin;; at eolurt of our attem,)ted invasion of Britanny, defeated by the spirit ) Icyalty, and bravery of a 11110IC Atuier)En. THE FINAL EXAMINATION or JAMFs LEARN CHARGED WITH TIME; :lUltinit OF EDWARD CLIFFORD. Wednesday, at eleven o'clock, in tin. Cominittee-room of the House of Cowin in this long-prott acted and intricate examination took place. The room was well ailed, and fitted up for the re e eption of several (list inguisned persons, who signified their wish to be present ; among whom we noticed the Duke of Simex, accom panied by one of the Fronds Millets; Colonel (Melly, the Hon. Mrs. Goldsworthy, 4Xe. The day of examination was kept so se cret, that very few except those who were .-erved with notices. knew any thing of dolt matter; there was, therefore, no crowd assembled, as on the tinnier examination. All the carriages (hove into the yard, and remained mitii four o'clock, at which time the examination closed. 11 hen all the cemnany were seated, and c cry thing prepared, James Leary, the prisoner, was brought in ; he looked quite calm and to The first witness ealleti was William Broughton, the brick-maker. Ills former evidence was read over to him, relative to his finding the body of Edward Clifford in the ptal, with the hat on the bank, in which vans a puce of cord, ovation( two saills long, with a noose on one end Of it, and a clasp k:1 e, the top of which was broken, but which the prisoner achnowle.:ged to he his property. After tinr evidence of this ‘iitness, on the former examination, wits read to him, he We t% IMMO over to appear. No two witnesses were allowed to be present at one time, and artyr lironpliton quitted the room, Robert Shuttleworth, and his lad, Daniel 'Brewer, briekmaters, wcre called in, in succession, and their resreetive depositions, which have aheady appeared, were repeated. Heyman Barnet, a w hatter, who sold the - hat to Clifford on the Sunday, ea% c the iiame testimuoy as stated in our :wort or biz former examination. • Catherine Chatniiion, cousin to detA‘ent a Inn:; exannhatintt, in which she said iti told ha that he gave his wife an.l .t Fl; v M.. OH! rtl had a few pound.: ttni ,- nown to hint. Sht .vas at Ct•fitotr vont . - Sunday when Lein y and hes vvite and aft. whirl) vv.a.4 about live o'eloel., they 1n..11 a of heir. anti ; : . •try and his %vile and Cliti;n.d vent off Sogeth r H, ;ii (Mier tv.spretc,corrt.spontkd Stith %that sites Ilic !aat exAttitritien. Leal v. after the t-ncitt v% &IS c:carcil t all CA: v,t :;omes, was ...k' d NVhat he hati L. say for himitelf. lie a. , tvert.(l, v thit hail no wove to say theist !t..t i.e I al tail' cot' , :setl t. , , and that 1%11.it I.t• had iilrcati% statvli iii hip Aviv true. Thomas Nl•Cat ty. fotn,cl l .y the Aare : .111:1,11 e•street, Si. Cr..tes's, a wan •;11, woont t, • ista , , was very intimate, us the y ci.me from the IEO4 oir • n(l,that when tiiik ing to hint in ti.t. •: ton•gareer. Poliee•f Mies. Lc int;a:ateti a w that •nl p:o , T . • ;ter. erns to prnve au aliN, by swearing tio..t he : t his 0w... otni• on CI. Smithy evening of the murder, tie o'clock, won'''. save hip iiti•. Tile prisoner Leary was the Il confroritc,! lfrA. gave, On this c‘aminatioti, a lull state :new, wi.:tt she had Fad,' beam. the I orort-r, and or, her ~,nrer with the execptimi nt her not hr.-ink tuaciied Clie ir4; , hie* !iiat, she said. delicacy pi ("vented 0. r Front thiaLiiig it et no consequence. Lcary, after-her tvid, as gone through, was ordered to retire, and I'!elli 6lattury -%vas called in this young neap k a eausiii i)): the (IeCCIP 'MI, and shpt in the room on the ni L llt of the IC Unit'''. Ile provei that Mr.:. Clit: ford was at home about ch -,.k, afar, wal that renu.iued there until pas:. iwo ; hut .::ether after that she went out, he could not tell, as lie fill asleep. Colonel Olic,ly pn—lured souse letters from Lord Caiiir, on vhose estate the deveweil res:ded in Ireland, and also Burke, and Airs. Clifford. It ,Ippears that hii Lot(lshii) had caused very di,i ''‘i " to he loiv'e Iwo afLir; that the High Sheriff and two Magistrates, had also takeu a vet) . active gei.t inquiry to ht k t ihhin of he County, tui I? NATI 'SEPT. 12. viship's letters enclosed several affidavit., sworn before the Magistrates, which went to prove that Mrs. Clifrori, or rather Nuke, was deserted by her husband, and that the little property disposed of in Ireland nits her own, itif chide she received thirty pounds. Mrs. Clifford had iu her tams the child-of which she had bten drlivered in thee House of Correction. Her other-five childrfo, of W.tn the four eldest are girls, and the youngest a buy, were.nrxt introduced. The two eldest gave aelear answer to - every e i tte , tion asked. Their answers agreeti in every respect with the fetter re ceived front Ireland, and !key also prow(' that their mother was at home on the tight of the murder, at eleven o'clock, anti that she remained in the room until St. Ciles's cluck struck three in the morning. Mrs. Clifford and the other wituespo a ere then hound over to prosecute the prisoner Jaices Leary, %tit° yin fully committed for trial. Mrs. Clifford's lirolter, Thomas Lyons, took the children under hi 4 care. Mrs. Clitiiird and Slattery, though disclaimed *Gin any suspicion, are to remain in the House of Correction till the trial. Leary was on Friday folly committed to Newgate charged with the atrocious murder. After he was hronght into the cell, the hatolkerchirf was taken from his neck, and his pockets searched. Hr still kept his cok.nr, but the teats stood in his eyes, and 1w said " take my handkerchief and my shots too ; you will soon fake my life." Before the door wa4 closed on him, Cook and Thistlctou, the two officers who apprehended him, and who had him it ehar;.e at wiry exami► ation. came to shake hands with and wish him farewell. He looked on them with astern eye, and said,—" sirli friendship, you wili be soon saisfied when you see me hanged that is all you want." ()NAL.. EWSTER. • th,t A part iii the iiiie4tigatiois.. His Lei POLICE. MAnt.nonouctr•STltr.F.T —Mr. Bennet, who keeps the Globe in TieiefiCia..t:cet, Nit:thine:4 ti; supply his Customer. in his own pots as usual. About four o'itiout: •in Saturday afternoon, .11r. B--'s servant was assaulted in the street by about five persons, as be was gathering his pot, which w - ere kicker] 0:01:: the street. At dusk in the evening, the saint pally, with Seaton a constable vt'St. Pancias at Reir wen. to the house in a state o; drunkenness, and behaved in tho inoer • utrageous mariner, su that they cleared the parlour. and Mr. Rennet procured cnnstables and conveyed fiii;r ft! this office, the constable, and Hart, :1:10 lottec, puldicans, Tottenham-court-road and its neighbonr hood. Popoff, :mother c!' roe party. escaped. Assaults inid riots were proved, nu(' the pa..l.ies were ordered to fi•id bail. Jones made ese;:pe, and alter 11:- had been locked Hp, Mr. 13i ntiet soli , iteil that they ni'• tit retinal 1141;ire and prodnce their bail ou Monday, in %bleb Nr. Zaker ocitiesecd. It ES r:CTI N MAN. HAT ros-G.tabEN. —Tklrs•lay a man, who said his name was Joseph Naples, sas br, nglit up in the custody of Lambert, the Mb. es r, cn A eliat.e of. :,ivalitti; a dead body out of St Vineras's new 'trying-ground. the prisoner was put to the :jar, he I.oked ...Mt the npost fiaring asguranee ; the eve of every individual %els 'tuned witli indigoat . .on irt Lint, but parti , ttlarly whoi the snifnatt nate ev ar.,l daughter of tile deceased, dressed in deep mourning, Wee introduced i!I to the Olfice. ert the o 1 jeer stated, that about five &clock that morning he Inc the pri.ioner with a large bundle on Isis shoulder, near St. Pancras new ituryir.;.;-,,eroml f witness asked him where lie was ing it which the prisoner gave hint a card, with the address upon it of lie. Tho:oson, cutler, Windmill-street, Hayatarket. On exnmionig the innuile, the witeess found it to contain the dead hot!v e! a man, tted . up as close as a trussed fow!, nely covered ov? r with a piece of :amen baize. He took the !al:toner into cus tody, and went to the Sexton, who, on examiniuk the ground, cennit a el itve (lien, and the body missing that was buried there the pree, thug eveeing. Ann Skeen, the vi idow of the deceased, residing at No. 7, Colo nude, Bloonl , burv. hei-g s‘vore, appeared greatly agitated. She, acumpanied by her ttrighter a•til the undertaker, were 1.0 hewn the body, in the lork isp Leese of the office : she was sure it was the corpse of her late ha demd ; hr was a dyer by trade, and wotked 20 years tbr Messrs. 1)n an and Ce. King-street. Bloomsbury. The Oft:yr was ordered to acquaint the Overseers of St. Pancras parish. that they might see the corpse re-interred, and also prosecute the prisoner. "[lf:. parties present were bound over to prosecute. The prisoner, as he was bent- taken from the bar, with an air of assn. ranee, asked the Magistrste, Mr. Capper, was it not a bailable offence he was answered that it was, on which he made a bow autl retired, amidst the execrations of all present.