The National Register. — London, England, 1822-09-15 00:00:00

passage, he (Gawky) struck him downwards upon the head with some sharp instrument which he held clinched in his hand. Gamley then seized Murty by the right arm, and continued to strike him in the manlier before mentioned, the blood gushing out upon the infliction of every blow. The prisoner Cline came into the passage while this scene of barbarity was acting, and assisted in it by holding up Murty to receive the blows of his brutal antagonist. Coyne, the other prisoner, was seen among the persons who surrounded Gamley and Marty ; but only one witness, a child, and niece of Murty, connected him with the attack, by stating that she saw him assist. iug to hold her uncle up. The landlord of the honse not only would not interfere when called upon, but even seemed to exalt at the brutal treatment which Murty received. After the all'air was ended, Gawky made Isis escape, hut the prisoners were apprehended. Murty was taken to St. Bartholomew's hospital, where he died on lie gth of August. Two surgeons from the hospital wee of opinion that the injuries which Murty received were the cause of his death, he having been at the time, and previously to receiving then, in a very bad state of health. The prisoners said nothing in their defence, hut called several witnesses, who deposed that they believed them to be humane men. Mr. Baron Graham minutely summed up the evidence, and the Jury, slier consulting together a few moments, returned a verdict of Not Guilty of murder, and also Not Guilty of manslaughter, as to both prisoners. Mr. Baron Graham asked whether the Gnat was to understand that the Jury acquitted the prisoners of man slaughter as well as of murder. The Jury replied in the affirmative. The prisoners bowed, and were taken from the bar.— Tne trial lasted eight hours. Thomas NVilliants was indicted for stealing four silver table-spoons, valise 3.55., the property of Mrs. Fergastm, of 26, Holies-street, Cavendish-square. Francis; Butcher, the head servant of Nits. Ferguson, saw the prisoner, who is a chistutey-sweep, walking :roan the area of his mistress's house on the 6th of August. Be immediately missed the spoons, and suspectmg the prisoner, he pursued him, and found them in Isis posses con. Prisoner in Isis defence said he found the spoons lying on the step of the door. The Jury found him Fuilty. IVilhain Smith and 1 homaa Mansfield were convicted of stealing five pigs, value 51., the property of William Rhodes. Th:y were each sentenced to be publicly whipped, and confined for two years to hard labour its the House of Corrsetion. George Ball was pot to the bar, charged with having stolen 14 pounds of pork, the property of John King. Toe prisoner begged that his trial might he postponed till to-morrow morning, in consequence of his basing been described by a wrong name its the paper stuck on the gate, purporting to he the names of the prisoners fur tri ii. His name is Hayles, hut was entered as Ball. The Recorder said he had pleaded by the latter name, and his friends ought to have been prepared to attend. The prisoner said Isis ft Sends went away, not expecting his trial to come on. The Recorder said this was au idle pretence, and the trial must proceed. The trial went on, and it appeared from the evidence of King, that the prisoner was employed as a bricklayer's labourer in his cellar. On his way out in the eventog, he was detected with the pork, concealed in an apron round his waist. Prisoner in his defence said, that he had been promised something for his supper if his work was finished in tune, and finding the pork rolled up in t he apron, he thought it was intended liar him. He was a poor man, with a wife and six children depending entirely on him for support, and he threw himself on the mercy of the Court. Ile had, he said, scores of friends to character. Tory were called, but none appeared. The Jury found him guilty, but recommended him to micy on tile ground that he might have had a good cha racter, had he au (worming of calling his friends. The Recorder said the recommendation should be at tended to. He had been already in custody two months. The Court would consider this; and as it was very pro bable that this was his first (induce, would order him to be fined a shilling, and discharged at the end of the ses -810116. This sentence produced a slight burst of applause from stone pare of the Court, which the Recorder very strongly reptehended. Remarkable Circumstance and Providential Escape.—On Frioay evening (ti ti inst.), as some of me hoppers in the employ of Jaunts Ellis, Esq. at Barmiug, Ketit, were thawing water from the well belonging to that gentle man, a boy and a girl happening to be carelessly tulaying near the spot just as the bucckct was tieing letting down ' the girl, to avoid the winch hitting her, stepped back and fell on the bucket as it was d. wending, and was taken with it to the bottom of the well, a di pth of 42 feet, but holding fast by the rope she was miraculously preserved, and drawn up again without experiencing any other injury than a few flight bruises. Time poor Loy, we regret to state, did not escape so fortunately; the winch, in the velocity of its course, !mirk him a stolen' blow on the head, which levelled hint to the earth, and fractured his skull in so dreadful a matmer that he was taken up in almost a lifeless state. A eni gma from Maidstone was immediately procured, and on his examining the head, a portion of the brain was found exuding from the wound ; he, in a most skilful manner, operated on the fracture, and extracted all the parts of the bone from the brain, and the boy who bore the operation with much composure, retains all his la collies, and hopes arc entertained of his recovery. Out Tuesday evening last a lady, named Ilarrls, of Nlatieltester-street, wasproceeding through Oxford-greet, and when near Oxford-buildings, site was attacked by two men, who rushed against her and robbed her of a gold watch ; she gave an alarm, but the fellows succeeded In making their escape, although proitiptly pursued. THE NATIONAL REGISTER' CORONXKS INQUEST. MILANCNOLT BUICIDIC AND SINGULAR OCCORRINCI. —On Saturday last ass Inquest was held at the Globe, the corner of Baker-street, in the New - road, before T. Stirl ing, Esq. Coroner, on view of the body of Mr. William Thornton,. aged 7.1, • respectable gentlausa.s, possessing great property in the neighbourhood of Maryleuone, who had committed suicide. It appeared from the evidence of the wife of a person named Strong, that deceased had fur some time been la• bouring under mental derangement, but had of late been much better. On Friday morning last she came down from deceased's room, at his reques►, to get him some barley water, which she br3nglit hint in half an hour, and deceased at that time expressed himself much better; she returned into the room abont 9 o'clock, and on going in she observed the blood flowing front a wound in the throat; deceased had at the time a knife in his right band, and the wound was inflicted on the tight side of the throat. Isaac Strong being sworn, deposed he is a builder, and lives in deceased's house. Witness usually goes out in the morning at six o'clock ; but previous to his .o going he generally called on deceased to see the state of his health ; he so called on Friday morning, when der eased appeared perfectly calm, and much better than he had been for some time before. He then left him, and about I t o'clock was sent for by hie (witness's) wife. When he arrived he found deceased weltering in his blood, and a knife clinched fast inkis right band. A surgeon was sent for, who used such means as he thought ;nutter. Wit ness remained with deceased from that time until he died. To the hest of witness's knowledge, deceased has uo fa mily whatever. Itlr. Norton, of Glocester-place, New-road, sturgeon, deposed he has attended deceased for many years, and for three years past he has been suffering under mental derangement, very frequently making use of many inco herent expressions. Witness was sent for to attend de ceased oil Friday morning last, when he found him in the state as described by the former witness. Deceased had a wound in the right side of his throat, apparently in flicted wills a sharp instrument, and which occasioned his death. The jury having viewed the body, the Coroner sumtned up the cave, and tinder his direction brought in their ver dict of" Died in a state of temporary derangement." Soon alter the verdict was given the Cormier departed, when the witness Strong requested to have the knife given him, with which the deceased had committed the rash act, and which he stated belonged to I : his re quest was accordingly complied with; it was one of those knives that contain eight or ten different instruments , the blade was so very blunt, that it surprised every one how the deceased could commit the deed with it. . . . The witness had no sooner, however, received the knife ' than he said," Gentlemen, it is now all settled, I thank you for the verdict you have given, but 1 am his Natural son." This created a great sensation through the jury loom, and every one was eager to know why he slid not say so before : but as the case had been fully inquired into, a verdict given, and the Coroner gone, She matter was obliged to rest tor the present : however, seven of the jurymen, then in the room, drew up a resolution and presented it to their foreman, giving it as their that a fresh isupiest ought to be taken. A letter to that effect was transmitted on Monday morning: to the Co rosier, who in the eveimig returned Ins an,wer, that as there was nothing in the statement of Strong to warrant a fresh inquest, he could not comply with their request. The matter therefore rests opou the verdict first pro nounces!. Mrs. Thornton k a very old and Whim lady, nearly as old UP her sintorkinate husband : she appeared to be so very infirm as not to be able to rake any part in her household ur family concerns. The deceased has been for many years resident in Marylebooe, and ai his death was owner of between SO and fir houses in the same parish. Thortun-place derives it► name from him as the An inquisition was taken on Wednesday last, at the house of Mr. Moody, the sign of the Three-Tuns, corner of Belton -street, on view of the body of Donny Linty, a child, seven year of age, who came to his death by the following accident:—About one o'clock on Tuesday afternoon a boy went into the yard for a pitcher of water, and there found the deceased lying on the ground, with a large coping stone upwards of five feet lung on his head. The boy gave an alarm, and some persons came and took the stone off his head ; he appeared quite iiisen aud was carried ' distely to St. Giles•s work house to the parish surgeon, but he expired in five minutes after. On investigation, it appeared that the stone had bean previously standing on an end in the yard against the wall, and it is supposed that the deceased was in the act of climbing on it, or otherwise playin.; so as to cause it to fall on him. The Jury returned a verdict of " Ac• cideutal Death, from a stone falling on him." There has been a very Wenn ul crop of cranberries this season in many parts 01 Cumberland; several thousand quarts have been sold from a half penny to a farthing per quart, which were carried to the south and disposed of to great advantage Moor-game shooting began on Mon day last; and we are told, notwithstanding the reports to the contrary, that the htrils are very plentiful, although by some sportsmen difficult to be killed, even with a great expenditure of powder and shot. A few days ago, a young lady in the neighbourMiod of Carlow, trying an experiment on her neck, with a silk handkerchief, to ascertain the lialtire of hatigiii., stopped the circulation of hind, so that she fell sense less; and had it not been for the timely assistance of a gentleman who was present, might have paid dearly fur her extraordinary curiosity. GAMESTERS.--11 will perhaps he recollected that a gang of gamesters were apprehended last week at No Ku.g-street, St. James's. It now appears that their ap. prehension, imprisonment for the night. and public exposure in tha morning, were not the only toorlifica tions they were fated to undergo; fur, miseiable to relate! the tank—though it was secured before the offi cers got into the house—tne tank has bah d, and nobody knows where! Tile CatiSeil a erVal sensation amongst the western hells ; and there arc riot wanting those who insinuate, taut whatever honour there usay there is little of It among gatnestelf. US REFORMATION PRODUCED IT Till BRIZTOW MILL —On Finlay last, the Town Hall, Southwark, presented the rare novelty of a maiden session, there being no charge either of felony, misdemeanour,or assault,within the whole extensive district of the five parishes, from the aught before ; and in consequence the strong roosts or gaol was thrown open, Tots worthy Aldermen (J. J. Smith) took his seat on the bench at eleven o'cluck,and disposed of alt affair of no interest whatever, and about a quarter before twelve he went away altogether. That a wonderful diminution has taken place in the bushiest of this office, and of Canon Hall, too, within the last year, cannot be denied, especially in the bee of felons committed ; and it is equally certain that this decrease is entirely owing to the heavy and tedious labour imposed In prisoners at the Mill. When an offender is scow ble that the sure punishment attendant upon the cum* mission of crime is very hard labour, it will require very little exertion of his philosophy to convince him that it woold be as well to work for himself as for others, from whom he gets no remuneration. We hear with plea sure that a mill is about to be introdoced into Tuthill , fields Bridewell, Coldbath.fields House of Correction, and, in fact, that the measure will be generally adopted. An unfortunate occurrence took place at Castlecoot on Monday Mein last. The firm. Mr. Strangeways. brother to Lora Ilche,ter, at present oti a visit at the Castle, rose up in his sleep, and opening the window, leaped Jowl', a height of nearly 30 feet Irom the g ))))) std. —We are happy to add, that though the gentlem in is severely contused, there is no apprehensions for his life. Mr. T. Harris, jun. of Plymouth, is about to make trial on the Louisa tender, winch is breaking up in the Dock-yard of that port, of a lightning conductor, which he purposes fixing in the masts of vessels, to convey the electric fluid through the bottom. It is said, that should a body of gunpowder surround the proposed conductor (a copper bolt), it would not inguite; indeed, this wi:l form a part of the experiment. Out Sunday moroing last Mr. Brockelsby, of the hail of Lincoln, gamekeeper to the Dean and Chapter, lost a brace of valuable pointers in a singular manlier.— About eight o'clock they were locked up in a stable at the White Hart, coupled, to be in readiness for the sport of the following morning: on the ostler going in soon after, lie found them dead—the clog having jumped over the stall, and the bitch being left suspended on the other side, by which they were both hanged. Ott Thursday afternoon last, as a party of nms;cians were upon an aquatic excursion down the Thames, the boat was upset by a strong current at Londombridge, and the whole party being thrown into the water, were carried with the tide a great distance. Happily, Cowing ton, an expert waterman, happened to see the accident, and succeeded in picking them up, before they stink, or gut into the dead water. lie cart led them to a public house on shore, where they dried themselves, and from thence proceeded home, NIORT EXTRAORDINARY CARI.A singular marriage is likely to be regularly atinotni.eit in a few days. Una prejsbliced towards the parties, sae shall give a detail of the alfair with as much brevity as possible. A short time since a summons was oiraintal at the Head Office of the Police, coins' two individuals, who answer to the names of C. and M.P., to appear before the magistrates, there to hear the accus moil of W. N. fro aiding and abetting in procuring the intermarriage of Mr. P., aged 58. with a Miss NIG. about l 3 sears old, contrary to the form a the statute provided in such case, &c. The individuals who had procured this summons were accompanied bT the voting lady, her mother, and by their 12C111. M r.. 1 . Downing, and their legal adviser, Counsellor H ottani,. It was stated to the Magistrates, that on Sunday the 1 Ith of August, Miss M'G., who had been induced to lease the boarding-school by what she conceived to be tire mandate of her mother, but which that mother now de. dares to be a false document, was brottalit to town and met by Mr. C , who, it seems, had been le t one of the executor to the will of the young I tly's father, and by M. P. the bridegroom ; the juvenile bride, it seems, next signed a document, termed an assignment of the property to Mr. C. and as now stated, imagined that her mother had approved of the union, she accompanied her admirer Mr. P. his frieial Mr. C. and a clergyman, its Bridge -street, and thence to a mansion in the vicinity of Lucan, where, in the presence of a select few, the cler gyman prunotinced the nuptial benediction. The young bride, on her return to town, having, as it is stated, beets itiformed, that her mother disapproved of the 0111011, tart. mediately burst into tears, declared what had occurred, awl enumerated a variety of circtunstaticts connected with this singular case; site was immediately separated from admirer, and all the parties who protested against the marriage sought redress front the Magistrates. They, however, were not certain, that it came within their Jurisdiction, aid declined to proceed forward in the matter until the op niun of the Judges of the Court of Knog's Bench was 'firs obtained. Meantime affidavits were filed by the parties who defended the furegoina ap peal, and Mr. M. P. a n d Mr. C. obtained a writ of !lanes Corpns, and by virtue of such document the young wife was brought before Judge &from, bre. a a few days back, and there regularly claimed by \lr. P. as his bride, The whole case was heard by the Judges with great patience and attention. Mr. O'Driscoll at tended on b e h a lf o f M saes . M . P. and C.; Mr. Holland on the mher side. 'rite Ilobests having been dismissed, the little gal was handed over to her mother's care, and Mr. Huband informed Mr. Downing that he was at liberty to proceed against Mr. N/. P. and Mr. C. forth with : accordingly a summ o ns was oil Friday obtained at the Head office, before the magistrates of which this most singular can will be again discossed--(Dubtts Morning Post ) On IVraluesday arternonn last, three large stacks of hay standing at the loot of Caniingate-street, A low ek, and belonaitig to his Grace the Duke of Northumber land, took fire, and notwithstaisding the precatition had been taken to build a chimney or Itomel through the stacks, they were so greatly heated and the coinhustion was so general and trio/ent, that every ellutt io save :twat was uitavailing,