The National Register. — London, England, 1812-07-26 00:00:00

413 (1 afterwards saw Lawrence coming down the stairs with a pistol in his right heed, and his left hand behind hint, but could not see whether he had any thing in it or not ; that she ran into the garden alarmed. atel on tier return into the house by the hill. she went to the front door, and saw her fairness lying on the ground in the footpath of the f treet 'leer the carriage. That she called for assistance, and that ante reer servant, and the C02011A311, David Ilebditele cane t her, and they took the Countess into the house. There was a great deal of blood about her. but she was alive though speechless. Mr. Ball, a surgeon, was sent tor, who attended immedinely ; but her mistress died in a few minutes atter he came. That about three weeks ago, one day when the Count was absent, while she was with the Countess in her bed-room, they heard a loud report, and she ran down stairs, thinking it was a rap at the door, but finding no sue there, she called lerwicece, but ito one answered ; she then returned up stairs : the Countess met her at the door of the bed-route, and said it was the re port of a pistol. The witness ran up stairs to the Count's roomeand on coming to the door, saw some smoke issue from it, and saw Law. rence in the room. She asked him what he was doing ? and he an swered, nothing. She then went to her mistress, and told her that Lawrence has tired (Ala pistol. The Countess went up stairs, and the witness followed her, and heard her talk to Lawrence very coolly, Taut could not tell what he said, as she spoke French or I teem ; but the Countess told her afterwards, that he said he had been handling the pistol, and it went cif. When Lawrence came to the kitchen, she asked him how he dared to meddle whh his master's pistols in his absence ; and 1w answered, it went off by chance as he was handling it. She never knew of any quarrel or anger between the Count and Lawrence ; said Lawrence was a very sober man ; but latterly had been more pa,sionate than before. Wednesday morning the wind hiving blown the parlour-door to with a great noise, the Count spoke rather sharply to Lawrence, thinkieg he had barged it to, and would wake his mistress. Lawrence had lived in the family about three smiths. Believed the dagger produced 40 b. her master's, having many times seen it hanging in his room. F.lieebeth Ashton, another servant to the Count and Countess, de posed, that when the Countess faille first down stairs, she was stand ing at the street-doer to wait on het mistress. The carriage was at the (herr. Her mistress passed her, and went towards the carriage— the Count ss as comieg down stairs. Witness heard the report of a eistol, was sheltie(' by it, and said she wss a dead Woillatt ; turned round, at sa'd—" Lawrence, Lawrence !" when looking up, she saw Lawrence enming doe a stairs with a pistil in one hand, and a dagger in the other ; she esteemed out, and rill into the street, crying " Murder ! Murder !"—went over to the public-house to give an alarm, and en her return found her mistress lying on the foot-path of the sweet, near the carriage, and being so affected that she found she could not give any assistance, slid went away. David Hebditele the coachman to the Count and Countess, deposed, that he rece.vcd orders from Lawrence to have the carriage ready Wed nesday morning, the Ail of July, at five minutes before eighr,—that Le was at the door, with the carriage, before the clock struck eight,— that as soon as he came there, Lawrence came to the coach, opened the door, and put into the coach a tin can filled with oil, that he then -.vent into the house, and soon afterwards returned ; that when the Countess came down, and was proceeding to the carriage, Lawrence went into the house, and soon after he passed his mistress, the report Gf a pistol W3S heard ; that Ott Countess a• ked him (the coachman) what was the matte-, and lie answered, it eds from the inside of the house,--that in a few minutes afterwards, as lie was sitting on his box before the door er the heuse, he saw Lawrence come down the stairs, a el with a sharp instrument he held in his hand, which the witness nelieved to be a dagger, strike it into the shoulder of the Count — he eaw the dageer enter his shoulder—that Lawrence then passed the Count, and proceeded towards the street door—that he (the coachman) Kit ft' the hoe as quick as he could ; and as he was going towards his Master, the Countess passed him going towards the carriage ; and on •erning round to follow her, he saw her staggering, and she tell, ex ciaiming. it was Lawrence, it was Lawrence ; saw blood about her, and some en e ground, but could not then tell exactly what part it came from ; did not see I.3vvren , e atterwards, hut in about three mi nutes more keel report of another pistol, which appeared to come from up stairs ; very soon after the Count came to the door, and blo-d ran cut of his left coat sleeve; left him there, and went to assist the Countess into the house ; on surgson comine and desiring her to be stripped, sent out of the room to look after his Master, and found ;airs sitting nu the be'l in his own room, in a reclining posture, with his feet 011 the fluor; wss then alive hut speechless; at the same time s tw Lawrence lying on his face on the floor, apparently dead, wit In some blood near his month ; Mr. King, a surgeon, then came, and desired the Count might be stripped ; witness assisted to do so, and held him settee they got a ..intl; 4 7,i, and some water, and washed the wound ; after that went away, and drove the carriage to town. Believed Law trete: was sager ; he spoke very correct to him (the coachman), when he gave him his orders, and did not appear at all mentally de. Hitchen, master of the Sun public-house, at Barnes, de pesed, r hat Wednesday morning, about eight o'clock, coming along the street, he saw Lawrence put a tin can into the Count's carriage, and tetwei into the house; when he got opposite the door , he heard the ieport a a pistol; turned immediately round, and saw the Count and , , i THE NATIONAL REGISTER. -~- JULY 06. Counte s just within the door. The Countess said something to the coachman, who answered, " it is in doors, my lady." coun t and Lady returned into the house; he then heard some person scream , and was going to get some wea on, but coachman begged him no p ; go, and he did not. The coachman and he were going into the hous a , when Countess came out of the house. passed them, and tell d„ wi: thought she had only tainted, and while standing by her, saw chit Count come out of the house, with the blood streaming ftom it, shoulder; the Count instantly returned into the house, and inane. finitely after the witness heard the report of a pistol in one of the upper rooms; this report was before the Count could possibly get tu his own room ; some people came up, and he accompanied t hem lot s the h011`:e ; the first thing he saw on the floor of the passage, was dagger bloody, and some silk on it, as it it came from a shawl ; desiring a pert on to go up stair) with him, he refuse, without having a weapon ; on which the witness gave him the dagger, an i t took himself a poker. The coachman followed, and the wit n ess desired him to go first into the room, which he did ; on entering the room he saw the Count sitting on a bed, alive, but speechless, and Lawrence lying on the floor dead, with a brass-barrelled pistol chase to him. which appeared to have been recently discharged. Matthew Ball, surgeon, of Barnes, deposed, that about a quarter past eight o'clock in the morning, a woman came to his house, aii,l desired hits to come immediately to Count D'Antraigues, for tilt Count and Countess were both murdered ; immediately went when he came into the house, saw the Countess lying on the Lot , Moe parlour, and a great deal of blood both on the floor and on her clothes ; then examined and found a large lacerated wound on la.r right breast, made by a sharp instrument, which had passed throu;,•!l the third and fourth ribs, into the cavity of her chest, front which a great eilitsion of blood had proceeded ; as soon as he found the wound was mortal, and that she could not live many minutes, witness went up to the Count to assist Mr. King, a surgeon, who had pre• viously gone up to dress his wound, and found the Count had receiv. ed a wound on his left shoulder, from a sharp instrument, which had penetrated four or five inches. He was motionless and speechless, and died in about a quarter of an hour after his (Mr. B.) first seeing him. Saw tw r small leaden bullets in the string-hoard of the sun, which appeared to have been shot fruit a pistol. When he entered the Count's room, saw Lawrence lying on the floor on his belly, with a quantity of blood under his face ; on examination, found a laaded pistol had been discharged into his mouth, the contents of which h.d vers. much I mewed and torn his mouth, and from which wound he had instantly died—the bullet still lodged in the vertebra: of the neck. The Coroner then told the Jury, that, as they had not only halal what the witnesses had sworn, but also the depositions read overt) them, it was unnecessary for him to go into a recapitulation theta:. He should, therefore, leave them to determine, whether, from the evidence they had heard, they believed, first. that Lawrence had mur dered the Count and Countess ; and, secondly, whether he had coai. mined suicide, being in his senses. In about five minutes the )ury returned a verdict—That Lawrence had murdered the Count and Countess, and had after., ads commit:al suicide, being in his senses. REMENHAM COT. on the BANKS of the THAMES. nelr HENLEY' To be SOLD—By A vcruoN—By Mr. PHILLI AiLis Gloat Roosts, New Boadatreet, on Monday, August 10, at One, unless as acceptable offer is previously made. 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The cottace and dikes have been nearly rebeilt within the la,t years. and are issppily seated on a gently sloping accli v ity , in the cee tre own grounds, comprising about five acres , and embrace from a Terrace W. which ranges along the crown of the hill , a var i ety of the Thames. A plenitude of Asbiug and fi eld Sp o rt s mar be enjoyed, and htl° ie are kept in the vicinity; the resnctability of which is of tbe h ciao . lJ of taut from Henley 1 mile. 7 of Marlow, 9 of Maidenhead, 9 of Readiag• coi n e : an ct m Windsor, and 35 of London. to and fro whence the utmost facility of is eujojed. pl e asing objects on rich , ic , To be siesved by Ti.kets only. every day, between 10 and 4; to be had a lli tod " IIIkopen: solicitor, Henley; and Mr. Phillips 7S, New Bond•street, where itustie rulai may be bad: also at the Crown, Reading; Red Lion. HenleY ; ea ft: Widdsor; and of the Priuten of the Newberg and Reading Pero', and Chronicle. LIGHT WATER-PROOF BEAVER NATO. 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