The National Register. — London, England, 1821-04-29 00:00:00

Omner.--Dariag the kat week the inhabitants of Truro have been amused, aMoalsised, or alarmed, according to the different degrees of nerve and judgment possessed by each, by the mischievous freaks of a ghost, whose pranks kayo excited no small degree of interest; and who has hitherto eluded every attempt to discover its retreat or detect it is the exercise of its vagaries, though numbers of persons have been oa the watch for that purpose. Near Carelew-itreet, a part of the tows lately built, a house has Usti hired as a depot, in which the arms of the militia of~taunt of Royal Miners are deposited. On the evening ianifuhMlgbt the person who resides in a part of Milrlomme t sod WWI takes etre of the arms, was alarmed by dos breeklas of his ',Wows: he ran to the door; but eiteleitat dimmer es spot from whence the stones pro ceeded. SO tie side' amassed to fly at intervals, sod several pages of glass were demolished, not only in the depot but ia the adjoining Yonne, hy the serjesskssjor of the reghmost. named Cetudye eisellssid for sew time, and dos strislohed semseree sad es the diem reddest is the hours. 14 4 11 :41:41 1 : 16 11: 1 1peft but though they saw the demo dike she hens, sod forest the windows, and were eaansianellyeetwek theseders, every attempt to discover She pones who *brew their, or the precise spot from whence they same, was Menvailing. This continued thrones the night, and the people in the neighbourhood Insisted that the stones were directed by no mortal hand. At length the Mayor Diu applied to, who, with the active constables of the parish of Jimmy's, Messrs. Clentence and Brown, hastened to the place, accainpaitiod by numbers, eager to witneu the proceedings. The scene of attack was now changed from the front to the rear of the houses; and though the stones continued to fly, and the civil power was on the alert, and scouts were sent out in all directions, no discovery was made. The ghost appeared to enjoy the confusion it bad excited, for both his Worship nod his as sistants were struck with stones whilst endeavouring to un ravel the at)stery.. After the activity of the scouts and the ingenuity of the constables were exhausted, sentinels were plated at various points; some of the cavalry in the barracks which adjoin the spot were engaged to assist. and the ma gistrate and constables withdrew. Still no detection took place, though the stones continued to be thrown occasionally. and lit utter hopelessness of wearying out the invisible as sailant, the windows of both the Mouses were barricadoed on the outside with boards. The attack has been continued up to the present moment, and io the presence ul hundred. of persons of all descriptions who have gone is crowds to view the premises which are subject to this most persevering and extraordinary annoyance. The lower claws, who have alwaxs a taste for the mares limo, are fully persuaded that this is a supernatural visitation by some troubled spirit, and numberless tales of the most extravagant uature bare been circulated. Some assert that the stows smell of brimstone; others, that they are quite warm; and one person alio re sides near the place very gravely assured us that the stones continued to enter the rooms and break cups, plates, &c. though the wtuduws were barricadoed and the doors strut and that a few minutes before we arrived, be bad heard two fall inside. As the sport has been as long continued, we should think it very probable that the ghost will overact Its part, so as finally to lead to detection. At nil events. it appears to he susceptible of fatigue; for its attacks are only resumed at intervals, and bet one stone is dung at a time.— The homes attacked are open both at front and rear; on the ()Decide are several newly-built and uninhabited houses, and on the miser are bat racks, from which two companies of: the 16th Lancers have marched. • ATROCIOUS Oneemea.—On the night of ltlonday the 16th inst. a most barbarous murder was committed in the neighbourhood of Bannagher, in the King's county. Between the hours of twelve and one, a body of villains, in number about thirty, most of them armed with muskets and fixed bayonets, attacked the house of a man of the name of Murphy. On their shooting the dog outside the house, Murphy took the alarm, and had scarcely put on his clothes, when the door was burst in, and five or six fellows entered, against whom. having seised a pitchfork, he defended himself with desperate resolution. The villains having retreated, had not cou rage to enter into the house a second time, but despatched three of their gang to a short distance for fire, with which to burn the house and inmates. consisting of Murphy, his sister (a woman about 40 yeers of age), his aged, old blind mother, and his nephew (a boy about ten years old.) The roof being first bet on fire, Murphy's sister first endeavoured to escape; but on her coming out, one of these savages stabbed her in the eye with a bayonet, which pierced through to the back of her head, whilst others beat her about the face with their musket ends, until a musket-shot through the heart, from the hand of another, put an end to the period of her existence! The house being in flames, and part of the roof having fallen in, Murphy next rushed out, when he instantly received a musket ball in h's head, which traversed the skull; a second shot passed through his heart, and lodged in a block of wood upon which he had fallen. The next victim was the poor, old, blind mother, whom they oar. tied to a deep bog.hule, into which they threw her. On depaning, they struck the boy with the butt end of a musket in the mouth. by which several of his teeth were knocked out; they then fired at him, and lodged several slugs in both his legs. Cul L'Estrange, of Moystowu, SS soon as he was informed of the outrage, repaired with a party of his staff to his house, and allonled the unfor tunate man, who was still surviving, every assistance, and had hint conveyed to the barrack at Banagher,where he now lies without hope of recovery. Nearly twelve months ago the house of Murphy was attacked by a body of ribandinett, who demanded his fire-arms. The assailants were repulsed, and finally beaten off, which is supposed to have been the cause of this dreadful outrage. teiliwae Rosittaitr.eßAs Mr. Matihewson, of Marshall-vireo, St. James's, was travelling in hit gig from Cobham on the forest to Cherisey. on his way to London, about four o'clock on Thursday afternoon. he was slopped in a lane about three wiles front the latter place by three fellows undisguised, two of whom pre. 1401414 pistols and detnanded his money, whilst the third stood at the horse's head. He gave them 71 in notes end some silver, all he had about him, when they took his watch and his broach. The villains next cut the harness and turned the horse loose, and then compelled Mr. M. to go into the further end of a large field, threat ening his life if he did not comply, and the three escaped without its being known width way they went. 'BE NATIONAL REGISTER Conounn's Irisanare.-0 0 Friday afternoon at h. '''look an Wisest was held at the Robin Hood, Holborn, before Thomas Stirling, Esq. Coroner. on Ike body of P. C. Foreman, Esq. aged 24,• student at law. Ana-Walker, of the George and Blue Boar, Holborn, deposed, that she 's ly k new the d ecease d from his coating backwards and forwards to town ; be came to the George and Blue Boar abort No o'clock on Wednesday oveWng last. After re maining till a quarter after eleven, be went to bed. At a gamier before eleven the following morning, the cham barnsaid made an alarm, end witness immediately pro ceeded to the deceased's room. On entering the chamber, aid observing the bed curtains aside, she discovered the deceased, and a pistol was lying on the had Dr. Read was Instantly sent for, and witness then understood de ceased had shot himself under the heart. Witness noticed when the deceased was going to bed, that he looked very ill anti dejected. He on former occasions was very plea sant in his manners, and witness thought it rather strange that he did not speak or answer when she spoke to him. He dined alone prior to his going to bed, and was sober ; witness, saw a laadaaam bottle lying on the table—it was empty. Mr. Richard Read, of N 0.51, Lamb's Conduit street, surgeon, deposed, that he was called upon about eleven o'eloek to attend the deceased, found him in the bed-room, No. 2, at the George and Blue Boar Tavern, Holborn. The extremities were quite cold ;on taking down the bed clothes, witness discovered a wound in the left side, between the fifth and sixth ribs, it was a Pistol shot wound, and witness could pas his finger into the aperture. The body was warm, bat lie was quite dead. He had no doubt that the wound occasioned the de ceasd's death. The pistol was on the nntside of the lbed clothes, and front the situation it laid in, witness had so doubt that it was fired off with the right laud.— Richard Brimley Peake, of Clifforn's Inn, deposed, that he had known deceased some years ; he was in the law, and about ?4 years of age; the letter produced was the hand writing of the deceased; independent of that letter, wit.. ness never remarked any symptoms of insanity in him. Saw him on Tuesday last ; he was then dejected, sail looked very ill. The letter above alluded to was directed to Mr. Peake. It mentioned that the deceased was much host at having received a note from last witness, in which he was stated to have lost Mr. Peake's confidence. The letter " written in a wild manner, and concluded by repeating am mad, mad, mad I" Another letter was alluded to. which it appeared that the deceased had sent to a young lady, containing some trinkets. flame of the Jury eipmed a desire to be acquainted with the Comeau of the letter , but the Foreman urged that it should he kept private, from motives of delicacy, Yerdich--That the deceased Mm milted the act when in a state of derangement. On Thursday an inquest was held at the sign of the Oxford Arms, Hampstead road, near the Canal, before Thomas Stirling, Esq. Coroner for the County of Mid dlesex, on the body of John . Jones, a carpenter, who met with his death in the following extraordinary man ner :—James Henning, of the Mansfield Arms, Kentish town, carpenter, being sworn, said he had k nown the deceased for some time ; he was a single man, and about 25 years of age. About twelve o'clock last Monday at noon, witness was in company with the deceased, at the George, on the Hampstead-road. where they came to dinner; after dinner each went to his separate employ, and witness saw him again between 'evert and eight o'clock its the evening after work. Witness was in his company at the George and White Horse, in Pood street, until 12 o'clock at night, when they came away together; and when they arrived at the lock-bowie, the mail at the lock said they had ne business there at that time of night, and to mind the stones at the bottom of the bridge. While the lock-keeper was speak in* to him thedeceased said " Jump into the lock 1" and with that he immediately jumped in. The luck-keeper was pre sent at the time and saw it. Witness climbed down by the water-gate, and, with the assistance of the lock keeper, he got the deceased out in about three minutes. He appeared dead when taken out of the water; they carried him to the house, and witness went for a doctor, and Mt. Roberts came and tried every possible means for hie recovery, without success. Alter witness and deceased left the Waite Horse, witness perceived.he was intoxicated; but he had talked in a reasonable man. tier, but did not mention any thing that distressed his mind. Witness cannot in any way account for his jumping into the water, otherwise than that he did it its a state of intoxication. James Moore, keeper of the loci near this house, deposed he heard the testimony of the last witness ; and that part of it respecting his jump ing into the lock, at which wilneu was present, is quite correct ; the deceased was four or five yards distant front the lock when he said he would jump in I and from his being intoxicated, witness imagined he said he would jinni) in by way of joke, but did not intend to do so; at was dark at the time; he was taken out of the water in about four minutes. Robert Roberts, o: Camden-town, sturgeon, deposed he was called to the deceased about one o'clock on Tuesday morning ; he had him rubbed for about an hour . he attempted to bleed him in the 'leek and arm ; he bled freely (ruin the jujular vein, but never showed the least appearance of life. There were no marks of violence on the body, and witnc>s has no doutlit but he died from suffocation in the water. Here the evidence closed . ; and the jury after some time ue turned a verdict-1 hat the d e emed was drowned in a state of extreme intoxication. &young man of the name of Codrington, was killed in a field in Newington parish on Saturday afternoon, iii a pitched battle, with a man of the name of Cullington. They had been fighting two hours without doing each other much mischief I but it ended by the deceased get ting an unlucky fall upon the ,itle or the head, which stunned him, and though medical - aid was promptly administered. he died soon after trout the rupture of a vessel in the head. SUrrOSIIP ACOUIBYT Sy LIOHTVINU...-Saltirday morning., as some labourers were going thJough Globe fields. Mile-End. they Muittl the body of a woman, be tween 40 and at) years of age woh a great disoolouration all over her person. boipostsl to have been struck t h....d by lightning which took place c•ta evehhi , 01Couti lid:ty• She was carriad to ow Crown 407.1 Scriore, (3106c-lioc, to be owitva.--rA corona's inquest tU U. Odd tut the bud/. o'clock - on Sunday night the conversation turned off the Peninsular Peninsular war, when James Bowden. one of the UV pensioners, warmed with liquor, and animated with the thoughts of his former battles, began to relate his various exploits, and how he would have acted in that war; he accompanied his words with various gestures and ma nceuvres with his crutch at length he became the butt of the room, and several tricks were played upon him, by shoving one another against him, and pushing him from one to another. Unfortunately, as he was going out of the room, a man of the name of Robert Want gave hint a slight push, mid he being standing at the stair head, was pitched down to the bottom, and killed on the spot. he landlord sent immediately for a con stable, and Ullaw was taken into custody, and sent to the watch-house, lie was kept its custody two days, until the result of the coroner's inquest was knows,, when it appeared from the evidence that the posh given WAS a very slight one, and not given with any inseution of injuring the deceased, who bore him no mid that Ullatu, after the accident, expressed much sorrow at what happened, and did not attempt to escape. The verdict of the corona': jury was—" That the deceased name by his death by falling down stairs, occasioned by • slight push from Robert Mani, he at the sante time not designing the deceased any harm." After the verdict wa. made known, the prisoner was set at liberty. Tie following is related at Lille, and has created much interest among the inhabitants of the village of Frelinghien, where it occurred. At the co 11111 l COCO.. matt of the French revolution a company of artillery was stationed in the above-mentioned village, where they remained during a very - long period. An officer of the company fell in love with a girl of the vs!l sge, and mar ried her according to the new ceremonies introduced— namely, by espousing her in presence of one of the civil authorities. A female infant was the fruitof this union. A short time afterwards the company commenced tpse campaign, and quitted the cantonements for the It appears that the officer obtained rapid promotion • his good fortune turned his head so much as to make lion forget his wife and child. At first he wrote but seldom, and at length abandoned them, and wrote uo ammo-- The poor woman, thus deserted by her unfaithful band, was reduced to poverty, and by the labour of her hands maintained herself and child in the best mapper she possibly could. Twenty seven years passed (man this way, when she one day received a letter dated ham a Fortress in the East, informing her that her hinbasul, who had arrived at the rank of field-marshal, had just died, and left her all his property, which was very con siderable. At first she refused to believe this intelligence —but a second letter set the matter beyond all doubt. and confirmed the happy event. It happened that .alit old soldier, a private belonging to the same company with the deceased, revealed to the poor woman.emety thing that had occurred; she succeeded in establishing her claims to the inheritance, and is now in possessien of a brilliant fortune. They still reside in their old 443• score and humble abode, where they have now beought the splendid furniture of a Fretsch general. This when ture bas caused a very great sensation in the village, and has raised the curiosity of all the inhabitants. Sunday night, about eight o'clock, a young unstrap( respectable appearance, was observed walk rig back thuds and forwards in a very agitated state on Waterloo-bridge. At length he suddenly sprang upon the parapet -uterly over the cenue arch. A gentleman near the spot im mediately ran towards him, in order to prevent•laim jumping off, but before he could possibly wise thither. the unfortunate young man precipitated himself frog aahe bridge into the water. An alarm was iustautlyipven. and wine watermen succeeded in resetting the bed7,,ppel they carried it to Waterloo House, at the Surrey side.of the Bridge. Medical aid was procured, and every.effert was made to restore the young min, but all proseel effectual A dreadful injury was discovered on eneshle, which must have proceeded from his falling on the_base of one of the pillars attached to the Bridge. lit the course ofahe day he was owned ; it turned out that his name was Whitten, a coal merchant, near Bankaide. The cause assigned for his having committed this .rash act is, that a short time previous to the last execution at the Old Bailey, the deceased visited one of the culprits with whom he had recently been acquainted, and it had such an effect upon his mind, that ever since a degrec.of melancholy had attached to him, and his eumlnet ,at intervals bordered on madness. He teas between ,Ito and 30 years of age. lie has left a will stud three children to lament his unhappy fate. CURIOUS COURTSHIT.-.•A young gentleman and lady happened to be in the same pew, in a free church in America. During the course of the sermon, the youth reach something in the eyes of the fair, winch made a deeper impression on his mind than the pions lecture of the preacher. As love, although blind,. is never at a loss for expedients, he presented the maiden, whose charms had attracted his notice, with the follow ing passage. being the sth verse of the second Epistle or John—" Now I beweeli thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment uuto thee, but that which we had from the beginning. that we love one another." After retailing this passage, the lady, in reply. promptly referred her suitor to another passage. in the Old Testa ment, namely, the lash verse of the lit chapter of Ruth —" Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from fol. lowing sifter thee, for ,whisper 111011 guest, I will go ; and where thou !Ansi, I will lodge: My people sh tlt he my people, amid lhy God shall be tray God." 1 . 1.11% was a treaty alliance proposed, which, in a short time afterwards, was fully sanctioned, and ratified by the minister. /rumpled Suiciiie...A house-maid in a gentleman's In Sloane-street, attentoed to destroy iset.eit . oll 'Thursday morning, in a water closet, to tine She WdSdlSooYered suspended from beam, Li a fellow servant, sod lortitomely she W. 16 Cul down i t , •iin e to r; 'VAC :wile (vied alaillsall'all.--Ptc6ila.v..) %1 ti this. cause of tila taiti act. . .. 151 -.-- ....11 11 - four FATAL, ACCIDINT...4IIIIOIIIIII2 old Chelsea pensioner's born, and soldiers were regaling in the club mouses dieSonw: of P. Shoes public house, Chelsea. between ten and etered