The National Register. — London, England, 1813-08-08 00:00:00

AUGUST R in% '.e• WA- farlit -In -1.,s to me deceased; SaW him on the inst. and was told by him la :..ed received a wound, which he supposed won! b mortal ; said he. was sorry to see him in such a situation ; that it was nut his fault • it was a malicious businsss that he-could nut help it, and that lie did not wish to fight ; tlear. blien and Dillon, and others, had come down to the White Liao the evening battle, and he was obliged to do it by the officers he had been conversing with. Mt. Dillon, in his defence, said. he was not aware of being impl;s rated in this charge, till yesterday morning ; and tiont.the shortness of die notice, he mild not procure the witnesses he could have• procured. it the time had been looter. Mr. APtimire said, lie was a native of Ireland, and a stranger tei this country , that he was clialleuged by the deceased, and as a tieatleman was obliged to accept it. Mr. Gite‘trist said. he was a native of Scotland, and that from the shortness( of the time since the transaction, he had nut sufficient time to ootain his witnesses to his eletrac'er. Mr. O'Brien, who is a native of Ireland, said there had not been time to acquaint his emmections wito Ins situation. M'Guire re(•eived a good character fiom Capt. Davis and the Rev. Mr. Barwis.—Mr Dutch, the surgeon, knows M'Guire ;he has borne a very gcod character. Captain Rayles gave M`Guire a favourable character. Lieutenant J. Huston, of the E9ths bail known Mr. Gilchrist, sinee the 'ear 1309 ; since that period he has borne the best possible character. Dr. Dunlop, has known Gil christ since be has been at the Depot; his conduct and character had been most gentlemanly. Guilty Math ; but respited till the 21st of August. HORRID MURDER. These Assizes coneuded 611 Saturday su'unieht, when Antonie d' • , a Fieuch prisoner, was cried for the wilful murder of Jean Ler ney, a fellow prisoner at l'i,reltes co. This was one of the most afro. rums minders that ever di-graced human nature ; it appeared in evi dence, that just before bed-time all the prisoners were accustomed to retire to the privy, and that on the night of the murder the first of the mortal wounds was given while the dyer ased was there; tle wound was so severe, that it entirely opened the belly. The surgeon who at tended, stated, that he found the deceased with his entrails hanging out, and ..upport.na them on his knees, by raising towards his chit,. The dressed was lollowed from the privy by the prisoner, to whom he exclaimed, " I am a dead man." The prisoner replied, " You are not yet dead." The prisoner had a knife in Isis hand. and said. " Tuete are two more for you," end he then inflicted on him two other grievous wounds, one of which divided the filth rib in two ; the.de ceased went a little way, and till to the gr •und ; the ptisoner said, lu wished to see if he wessdead, and he should be content ; he pushed the bystanders aside, that (as he express( d himself) he might contem plate his victim. The prisoner acknowledged that he bad conceived the design fur fifteen months, and had slept with the knife under his pillow. The ground of the prisoner's resentment was a play written by the decc'ised, compiled from some of the prisoner's memoirs, by which the prisoner considered himself so much dishonoured that he could not return with credit to his own country.—The ptisoner was sentenced ro suffer death on Monday last, at twelve o'clock, in Por ehester Castle, and his body given to the surgeons there, to be dissect. ed and anatomised. ESSEX. MURDER OF MR*. STEVENS AT WOoDFORD. CiIIELMSIFORD, AVG. 6.—This day came on the trial of William Cornwall. the man who was committed some time back, on suspicio -, of the murderer of the late Mrs. Stevens, of Woodford ; when after a very laborious and patient investigation, which occupied the Court nearly six hours, lie was found guilty. The evidence, merely circumstantial, was, nevertheless, so conclusive, being sup ported by various corroborative circumstances, as detailed at length by 18 witnesses for the prosecution, that the Jury returned their verdict without a moment's hesitation. The Learned Jud:e (ELLEN 1101tOUG H), in a most imp• essive manner, which drew tears from several of the auditors, immediately passed seotence of death upon the prisoner, and ordered him for execution on Monday nett , Under the very peculiar circumstances of the case, the Magistrates • of Woodford made application to the Jas Ige to order the pri,ione• - .. for execution at Woodford, which his Lordsuip promised to take into consi.lerat ion. The prisoner exhibited the same smbecoming levity and hardiood during the progress of his trial, which he liad sliewo during his previous examinations, and since he had been in custody ; always persisting in his innocence : and upon the Judge pronouncing the awful sentence of the 14w. the prisoner, with tr eouynisive ,grin, "Drink you, my Lord, and Gentlemen ," ch he was removed fmn 'the bar. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 501 The prisoner having complained, on the preceding day, that he was friendless, and without the means of employing a Counsel, one of the Magistrates, residing at Woodtbrd, with great humanity, ordered hint a Cuunsel at his own expellee. HERTFORD. firwat Nos v. IlAstirfit...—This was an a to rerever perraltles on the Ulnae Laws, for using an engine to destroy the game, at Berk• hamstead, in this county. . The oefendont was a person keeping a higler's cart. and the f as proved against him, were as follow :—Smith and another, two games keepers, found him in the middle of a field at Berkhatnstead, at three o'clock in the morning . They found the gales of the field netted, and forty-five snares place d in the hedges for catching hares. They imams (Lady seized him, and :plied what he was doing there. He replied, • hat he had quarrelled with his wile that morning, and came out foe . die purpose 1 hanging himself ; but he was in the middle of the field, not near any tree, and on searching hint they found navy implements or strangling hares, but nothing well calculated to-strangle himself. In his pocket were found se.eral bag nets, and a h a y net, all used for snaring game ; but his defence was, that these nets were used by him . in his trade as a higler, fir confining pigs and poaltry is his cart.— The Jury, found a veldi t for one penalty of 51 NORTHAMPTON. At these Assizes, which ended on Wednesday night, Robert Ken -fall, azed :;3, and the well-known nutiham, alias Macy White, ated 3a;. were found guilty of stealing divers bags of letters tram the Leeds mail coach, on the '_6th of October last, sentenced to Death, and ordered for esecution. Mary Howes, indicted as an accessary after the fact, was acquitted. The trial of these prison ers occupied a crowded court from eight o'clock on Wednesday ,norning until ten at night : 38 witnesses were examined, and the Judge (Thompson) was three hours and a half in summing, up. The acquittal of the woman arose from an objection to the indictment taken by her Counsel, founded on an Act passed in the last session of Parliament, requiring, that an accessary after the fact shall be arraigned in the county in which the sauce was committed : and her offence did not arise until the other prisoners load travelled out of Northamptonshire to her dwelling in Honti3gdonshire. Mary - White has been for more than fifteen years a most active. and suc cessful depredator. He was, in the slang' language, what is termed a complete out end out man ; Jso species of rubbery came amiss to him. He was :if/fished housebreaker, .akpci an adroit Mistier. .Four times he bas been cast for death; thrie times he has escaped 'from the Hulks! exemplifying the old proverb, " that the greatest rogues have frequently the greatest luck." WINCHESTER. • AIDING PRISONERS OF WAR.—Richard Welsh stood indicted for unlawfully, wilfully, and felonionsly aiding and assisting Gaspard Henry Van Tilburgh, and others, then being alien enemies of his Majesty, and prisoners of war, on parole at Andover, to escape from his Maje , ty's dominions. Gaspard Henry Nan Tilborgh stated, that he is a native of Brus sels ; that in the month of September last, he was a prisoner of war on parole at Andover. Oat the Ist of October, about seven in the evening, he left Andover, in company with seven other officers, and on turning into a cross road, they were met by two men named Lodge and Cialkforal, who were furnished with two horses and some . provisions. They accompanied these men about six miles, when, on the signal of a whistle, the prisoner came up with three other bor*, wherenpon, witness and the other fugitives, with Lodge and Culleford, mounted two on each horse, and proceeded by cross roads towards Ringwood ; the prisoner at the bar attending on foot as their guide. They arrived at Kingwood about five o'clock • the next morning, but not choosing to go into t he town, were cons ducted to a nei g h bouring wood by Welsh and Lodge, where they remained until three o'clock, at which time Welsh and Lodge brought them bread, cheese, beer, and rum ; and, having again left them. returned about eight o'clock its the evening, with Culleford and the horses : they then proceeded towards Christeherch, in the same manner as before. Welsh still attending on foot. They resched Christchurch about three o'clock in the morning; when Culleford took away the horses; Webb awl Lodge conducting them to the coast. Welsh then went to look eat for a boat ; but not find (ling any, the officers retreated to it wood hard by, where provisions were brought them by Csilleforal and Lodge After remaining there until the 12th of October, a boat was engaged, and they embarked for Cherbourg ; but the wind proving contrary, they were obliged to reran, having' been several Weirs at sea. The officers had given Lodge anal Culleford 30. and bargained to give them 600_goineas inure when they Rhonld reach the French , f this statement was supported by a varn.ty ut returned a verdict of Guilty.—Fourteen h coast. The troth of this r% ':'lie Jury years transportatieu.