The National Register. — London, England, 1823-04-14 00:00:00

0 11 .100"" -.l*-r*** • PROM russaAr NIGHT'S GAZZII7I. BANKRUPTCIRS SUPIRSEDED. W. fiterete. Osfeed„ bluer soollthist. J. Beaune, Pine Apple Bar, Wotinware Road, caspeialo. BANKRUPTS. T. Huntington, Garland. Comberland, innkeeper. Solicitor. Mr. Addison. Verularu Buildings. Gray's Inn. H. P. Evans. Birmingham. broker. Sol. Mr. Walker, Litt. coin's Inn Fielos. J. Marius. Whhtagas, Woreestorshire. carpenter. Sol. Mr. Platt. New Boswell Court. Sold, Lewi He&n, Kingston upon Hall, merchant. Sol. Mr. Stale. T.SeasUwood. Drayton in Halo. Shropshire, banker. Sob. Moen. Sow and Cu. Bartlett'. Buildings. 1, MON. Chatham. slopseller. U. Mr. Imes, Bury MINN. • St. Miry AIM W. Vv•wiXte. C tarles Street. Middlesex Mospital, mach. maker. - Sol. Mr. Mayhew. Chancery Lane. DIVIDENDS. April ti, I. Richards, Liverpool. merchant-IL W. Kama. Xew Coon, Se. SWithin's Lane merchant-M. J. R. Oliver, ihekhoieb, iserbeer-19. W. Lane. Paddingtaa. alsorlager-i. l 'IJ D. Isiffts, Wisdom Sense, err-i 9, H. lawn and R. Si. Marther Loath t Creek cables' asakent-011. limadAlitali. ablest maker-me, W. Butcher, I%tai n tekire. vanav-alay.. and J. esd J. R. Hodgson Limped. arookanta-3, J. and J. &kicked. Seagate Market. ehessanaeagers-e. W. Or qehart. Sion Collage Gardens. meretwart-o, J. Trouhridge. • Shaftesbury, socking nsanufacturer-e. T. and W. Jackson, • Liverpool. aterehants-to. G. Austin, Long Acre, coach plater ..-Juna!rti, T. Colima, Westhouse , W. RI is, Castletield. J. sen. Burley. W. Holdsworth. Bradford, and J. Holds. • worth, Morley. Yorkshire, fax spinners. CERTIFICATES to be granted April 29. E. Davis. Chance's? Lane. victualler-A. Bennett. Fountain Court, Mmories, packing ease tnaker-S. Brown. Vine Street, Lambeth. cooper-C. Read, Downes Wharf, Lower gast Smith. Geld, coal merchant-J. Shackle, Milk Street, hosier-J. and J. Stickland, Newgate Market. cheesemongers-J. Grove, Drury Lane, grocer-T. Lane. Chandos Street, oilman—B. Beverley. Barge Yard, Bucklersbury, merchsl4-E. Boyle, Leicester Square, printer. HURLER A7' CLAPHAM. On Wednesday last the 'Magistrates of Union Hall received a communicatiim from Ale. Franks, the vestry clerk of Clapham parish, describing a most inhuman murder that was vitr:titled on the preceding night on the body of Mrs. Elisabeth Richards, • widow lady between 70 and 80 years of age. who lived within two doors of the Ebenex:r Ilaelist Chapel, Clapham Com anon. Toe nufortimate Indy had resided in the above amuse for the last .p years, where she was well known and respected by the neighbourhood. Her hUsband had been a pin maker in the city, and since his death she and another female occupied the house in which she waif so cruelly murdered. it appeared that Mrs. Bell. the lady who lived with the deceased, went out on the night in question about seven o'clock, for the purpose of atteudiug a meeting house, an! lett „the deceased at house. At a fewminines after eight o'clock, she re turned and knocked at the door. which was not opened to her; she repeated her knocks twice; the third time the door opened, and Mrs. Bell walked into the pas. sage; she repeatedly called out "Mrs. Richards,. , sac answer was given., neither was there any light to be seen. She advanced towards the kitchen.alsOnsst at the entrance she stumbled over something that was lying on the floor; she becanie exceedingly alarmed, add ran out sit the house insmodiately to call lei aseissaitee.. She °b ugled assess:me, and lights werebeought. when a poker, whack 41r1 not belong to the In h ale, was observed Sing outside the hall door. (hum g,aing into the house, the badY,Ollltria . .Richards was discovered lying stretche d' on the or, near-fhe entrance into the kitchen; an apron was th rown over the ti.ce, and the greater part of it was thrust lino the deceased's mouth; a mark of violence was also visible on the right side of her. throat. From iter.silvaneed Agit and infirmities. she was not enabled to make any resistance .:tteurst her murderers. It has oc owned to Mrs. Bell singe the murder that a person pii•ed out of lOW bathe from behisLl the door, at the lime she entered sit. The pockets - of the deceased appear to have been violently . torts from her aide; a caddy. which had contained a mile money, lay hear the deotased'e head, empty; a Weer watch was taken, toga Cher with half a closets ol spoons. There Was consider able property in the house sip stens, but it was left' untouched, as no doubt the murderers had been die swiped in their work of plunder. Hail. chief constable, and Glannoti, tuost active calicen, have been sent to Clapham. in order to trace this must atrociuuua murder. They found its the house a piece of brown paper, folded sip in the form of a letter, and tied with a piece of cord, which had the following *duress written Olt the Lack of it: " Mrs. B. 11, hat Mrs. Richards's, Clapham Coll ation," its sery illegible characters. it is supposed that the murderer gained admittance into the deceased's house on pretence of having the letter delhered to Mrs. Bell. ----Upon the discovery of the appalling circumstance, a vestry meeting was called. end a reward ol 001, nflitsed fur the appreitemion end conviction of the perpetretor or perpetrators. Tins state, however, was not considered sufficient for the purpose and another meeting .was therelore heW on Wedne sday eve g. by which the reward was intern 111 l , usly increased to 200 guineas, and a resoltetioti passed to conuntinicate all the particulars of she dreadful creme, and the proceedings ofthe parish to consequence of it, to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, leaving it to Ins tliacretmis to take what, steps towards edechog the discovery of tile guilty he may thili.k proper. INQUEST. On Thursday forenoon, at chore o'clock an enquiry took place at the Plough Tavern, on Clapham Common, Wore Wet. Crehh, Esq. deputy coroner for the county of Surrey and Pushy *I Lancaster, stud a very respectable assemblage of gentlemen of the allege of Clapham, as Jury, on view of Ike body of 31es. Elisabeth Richards, aged 71, win) was most cruelly murdered 40 the evening 431 Tuesday last. The Jury haring twee empanstelled nod sworn, were briefly addressed by the corouer, and afterwards repaired to the late residence of the deceased to view the body, which la) on a red Witte dumber of the unfortnnatts holy. Ou the right side of 0104 was a auk which had -aped the shin, at ...Nl:fitly NATIONAL REGISTER by the thumb; is the ogee Ares esetber mark; by which it is sagegared tbe lasrderse bed stipiredlorrisoue by his left hand, and stuffed • cloth fete her tenth. !Soother marks were vial ble about the body. The drat witness examined was Miss Sapid% Jams, who de posed as follows :—I me a spinster, nod reside at Clapham.— I lo:ew the deceased extremely well, her (acne h Elisabeth Richards ; I believe /ha was /11 years of age, sad a widow ; abe was very feeble, kept no servant, hat a lea/ named Bell lodged is the boas.; a ohne of the deceased wag in the habit of softie( to her to do the household work mate or twice a week ; the deceased lived sett door to the Baptist chapel, on the left side of the common leading to Belbass-laU ' • I have known the deceased nearly twenty ro ars; 1 sever b eard that the deceased sod Mrs. hell bad quarrelled ; she had lived in the deceased's house for three years ; Mrs. Bell was not in digressed eiresmetences ; 1 did not see her at all on Tweeds; foresees, which was the anal day I read the newspaper, bat is lie treating, sheet • quarter pest eight o'clock, I went to the bog ie for the above purpose, which was as boar beyond the mad time ow my getting to the door I gave a single kneels. sod was kept there longer than *suet; I looked through the keyhole and saw the room on the ground-Soot in darkness remeined • minute or two. Waking the deceased had gone up stair, for her eight clothes, which eke usually did at that hoer ; I was thee going to Mack at the door a second time, when the door opened a little, and I said It's me Mre. Richards, it's me it's toe." and then the door opened wide, rad I went in and pelted Mrs. Richards as loud as I weld, but I received en answer; I then went towards the fire plate, and saw the de ceased lying out the Sea with the sprat over her face ; I imas gined she was in a at, and instantly ran out of doors and fetched Mrs. Stratton, a neighbour, hying about three doors off, and she instantly retuned with me to the house ; and in going in at the gate I saw a poker lying seder the parlour window, in the fare-court ; I immediately exclaimed •• Oh, good God, she is murdered!" I had a light is my hand at this time, which enabled me to lad the poker. Tire street door I found shot on my return with Mrs. Stratton. I instantly went to Mr. Miller and Mr. Glazier, two ether neighbours, and they also came bank with toe ; it was a very dark iii; 11t. On my first enteriag the house I saw something lying 011 the ground, hut 1 did not know then it was Mrs. Richards ; I a:tv her feet ; her bead was towards the fire, and her feet in C e middle of the room ; she was subject to lit& She was worth a good deal of money ; she had promised to leave me some of her property ; 1 believe her will is made, by Mr. Lote, a solicitor she was in the habit of visiting Mr. Haxter,.• neighbour; I live about three doors (rum her; she was very friendly with Mr. Miller, her neat door neighbour ; she had been with him about ballets tour before she was hand murdered. Mr. Charles Miller sworn.—l live sett door to the deceased, and am &carpenter ' I knew the deceased, basing heel bet sett doer lasighlworfor the last 18 year • we were alwayoon good lams with each other ; she frequently visited me, and her, sometimes woe or twice a week. On Tuesday lat t, shout eight o'clock in the evening, the deceased came into my honor, tied asked whether I thought Mr. Lot*, who bed lately par. chased the lease of her house, woe ld disturb her ? She reissued about a quarter of an 110111 with me, and then I went with her to the door of my house, and she said e. aond night ; 1 hare R light la doors." She then went out into her own house, and I heard her bolt the ;ate after her. I am eonvinced the deceased was murdered, sod the mind must have got in at the front door ; if they had entered backwardri should bare beard them ; I think they came out at the front door, by the poker having tees left at thedote. (Here theocrat was produced, and bar pocket that bad been ions fret* her aids likewise ; it crognised as old knife, and a Higashi twigging to the damaged.) The witness said, the pocket was twig by her side, but the strings were - stilt round her body; lie saw it is Mr. Reeves' hood, the cewstable. Mr. Joseph Rippe. sworn.-1• am a surgeon, and live is Clapham ; about a quarter before 9 o'clock on Tuesday night. • hey, whom I did riot tna, tame to my noose, end told ate to father him, as a woman had been mioniered ; Ib went to the house of the deceased, and io the purloin! herd her lying on her hook grids her head sear the Ire piece; 1 !insisted' in Plan big bee is a chair, and found her quite dead ; directly after, the apron was produced by a Mrs. Stratton, which sh said she bad pulled out of her mouth ; It was folded op, and the arra sow produced is the same, I found a mark oar the aide of the deceased's threat, and tie ski, bed been grimed, and a similar mark es the left temple ; out of tar teeth was forced oat, which oticasiewed the Weed eta lb. apron t 1 did not see the tooth ; It was serwhilly looked fort soma of the marks- were. the credited*. of her death, but that *be died from salforation —the mark es the nese add threat west bare been does by the murderer's roger nails. Mrs. Ilasaaaab litratt.la swore.—l KM a widow, and liIR at Clapham. Oa Tuesday .vetoing, *boot S o'clock, Miss Jogai'. rouse apparently is great grief, and said—" Oh, pray Mill 11. aurae with me, for Mrs. Richards is either dead or woended.". I I went with her hack to the bosse with a senate ; rod ea going into the fore court, Miss Jones exclairned—" Oh dears she is killed t—here's a p o ker." I said---4' I can't go in--sal Mr. Miller." Mr. M.I sr was called, nod he followed us into the house. Mr. Glanier soon after caste. I foetid the deoestsed kris: straight on the door as described by the lest witness. I found the apron put over her face—her pockets were torn off, and the tape strings left round her body. Mist Jan* Bell aworn.-1 lodge in the house of the deceased ; base done so fur bre years. th. Tuesday o vetoing 1 left home about twenty minutes Infers seven, and webs to Mr. Philip :a meeting, bat it not being open, I went into Mr. Haina's opposite —about nine o'olook wonted home.—en my rood hoes* with with Mrs. Line/tad I met a friend of mine, mid wbea near the Cock publie-house we wets met by a yeegg male decently dressed in mourning ; he mid mind how you go, fin there bas been a murder on a Mrs. Richards. I answered, is it possible, and said I lodged in the house. He then offered to see me home, whirl, he did, stud when we got to the door he left me.ass I never saw the hotly till this morning. [The apron was again produced, said this witness identified it to 1111V0 belonged to the deceased.l Witness continued.— On the following teeming I received a brown paper parcel from the wining, who was left in the care of the body; it was sealed with Idea: wan, sad directed to me at the house of the deceased, and wheal opened ig, it contained nothing. Thomas Reed sworn.-1 our • constable of (,laphaus. and was sent for by Mr. Miller on Tuesday eveaisg. I accordingly went to the house of the deceased, and ware • tea chest lying on the 'nor open ; one of the Go cannistars was inside with the 114 GE; a bunch of keys ware in the chest ; saw also a pocket sut the ground, which was produced to day. It had the au. tear ante of being torn from the striaz• ; there was no money in it. On further search I foetid au ebony inkstand with a druwer tins derneath, containing papers which were mneh diatorlrd. A. fiver parr el was lytoz on ihe top of the itikstaod, direcied to ~~ *•f :, Mrs. Ball. 1 leit it then tbalalight, said sett warming I gar • it to Mr. Hall, tke altierelleer of Liairow-hall Hall, the allesr, prodees4 lb. parrot ; it had ea it the fel kwiag lesetiptiaa--. Mrs. Sell, at Mrs. Rl.batda. Clipbalsk" It was tied island with a string. Tbs Jury kasiag oassalted, rearmed a verdict-0 That Ow damped, Sliiiketk gielhards, has been wickedly aad auk rionsly ..td.rod by salroaatioa, by seise person or perstows it present eakl.owa.• SHERIFF'S COURT, wait:tr. r *Unit. San. C. MILL OD Monday writ of inquiry was caseated before the Under Sheriff and a Joey of the county of Stoney, for the purpose of assessing the damage* in an action brought by Mr. Fyske Palmer, Member tbr Wading, against Captain Nicholas B. Bull, formally commander of the king of do Naiierisoio steam-packet, fur a hurl published t.y bins in the Joke Bell new.papsr of the 18,11 of August, flitt, lad in which ..ction the defendant hail suffered judgment to go by default. The damages were laid at 2001„ Mr. Charles Purnell% .tried the case fur the plaioriff , While Mr. Shackle, the proprietor of the /eke Ben, was confined in the King'. Bench, he was ',stud upon by the defendant, who contmunirated to him what he asserted had taken place in a billiard-room at Reading, urging Mr. Shackle to publish the account, awning him at the same time that if he wiklied it he would confirm the state. moot by his oath—lie was desired by Mr. Shackle to re. duce his communication to writing, which he did u foltowa " Mr. C. Fysche Palmer, M. P. for the borough of Reading, was in the billiard room at that towo on Tuesday eituruing, between Is and true a.m., where be was heard to sty toe Dr. Medford, of that town, that' he rejoiced 311 the death of shot fellow (:he late Marquis of Londonelerry,') and that he was going to prepare her a • Woo sot' upon a haunch of venison, and that there would be turtle soup too, and lots of punch ' repeating this frequently to the ductur,tleat they would have virgule,. jollification upon ti occation ; there was present there, besides the individnits above-mentioned, the treasurer, the Hem Cul. Ansi ruther„ Mr. Tuppin, Mt. T r, Captain Rich, Mr. Bull, Capt. Price, with many others belonging to that disk; that Mr. U. F. Palmer addressed himself to au individual thee: pre. emit, and ',lced him to make use of the pasty, who, feeling bus elf much ine.,% - t at efts RB3 31116131k0)8, told hien that he astmlit:i detested him (Mr. C. F. Penner) as he did his Wer and politics as a emu, and that he wished his .I ntight choke him. Upon lists the hon. member got • violent rage, and wished for an apology, which was positively refuted." It was subsequently discovered that the whole was a malignant f be teatime, for which the miscreant hail nut a shadow of fortudatiou, and Mr. Shackle en tieing +winced to very properly gave his aid. foulards the pienodensesst of the siaaderer. •These forts were folly proved. and ' '!lie Codes Sheriff summed up the evidatice,.auti heft It to the Jury to consider their seethes. The EJeeinan of the Jury sold, that he wished to know, before the room was cleared ter the Jon} to duties ram, whether they could give greater damages than those laid in the declaration. He might be asked ihe question try hi, brollies- jurymen; as.. if he were, he should nut knew how to Ammar it. The Coder Ntieriff said that it was a eery proper tortilla to be asked. He should stale in reply, that greater dame. ges could not be given elms those nieutithied in the deck. ration. The Jury, after a short delibaratioo, remelted a verdict for the plansidf—Damages :.0.11. and eapreasesl their ie. I groethist they were nut retuned to give more. NA !VATIC IS Nt- Scourenouse, Montle 111.—sTise most barbarous and fanatic went,. rrcently occurred In a little wawa., coined Wrlldispiseh. situated in the Bailiwick of Andentingen. Cannon of Zurich. Mace the departure inf Meditate admirer limn these environs. dies village leas here fir rendezvous of a great number St lisuatica, who ewer front ell parts to assist in pret: stied arts of devotimmac-o-- The turetiugs to which we adagio, were Lehi in the hawse of a peasant, in good eircunistanees, named aloha Pierre, who mid daughter. inspired. , 11.100 of them mooned ht. Margaret. returned lately, Intl by 111.8' extillesdititay conduct excited theakesitiee of the alagessrames. - • OH the night of the 10th March 4110 house of John Pierre being closely shot, they beard a imentossed aiming of prayer* iu a loud voice. with groans and blows, which seemed a have been given with an axe. The Bailiff of Aodelbugeu having received information that hupioper conduct was going on, repaired to Use spot at might, and made a forcible retry, but could not get (-mutes all the doors mete' the neat neuresing. lie foetid is a email apartment, twelve individuals of both ; moot of them appeared in • indecent positions. Otheis were Mt their knees, striking themselves, and altering grooms.— They only spoke of divine inspiration anti malignant spirits driven shout siesue the roinirection. The Bailiff made his overt to the Authorities of *wick 'and measures were tttLeu accordingly. A woman be longing to the Society. said that Moisaparme appeared to her, and said that he was the Anti Citron, and that um was selected by Providence to mime fur his sins, end de liver, by her volitidiny death, a thousand souls from par. usiory.. She was to rise again three days alter from llse Aged.— Under this insane influence she killed herself by criteilis. ion. This victim was one of tin: delights/a of Julia Pierre, and spool opening the booty they foam' she was. to • state of pregnancy. Iter sister is ill a similar state of barbarity. ai.l her broCier i. dangerously obanderl'byn brother shoemaker, who, 'wills hie me-compliers, glory iti the t i ny have dune. 'the off. adorn 410 in the pre' sons of Z41111:ll. Luse:owes less Ftst..na BIBLE ASSOCIATiOK The Willi% alljre hueeiliti of die supporirr• ol this non union was hi Id on Tuesday cvemog, ho Great Queen S reel Coaprl, and was most numerously and combectahti attended. From the irony which MU read by use secretary, it appeared that very benefit:al results had 11.1t1 attended the exertions of the co iiiiii I.tcr. and til l t toe Ladies in their praise won't; endeavours to antelotrate tae cosolisiott of the pour of the dt•irict had effecied amen Road. A large bet of D hiss and Testasocuis h:.11 been oittrilmuctl, and the manners of the Indio-tit hid liven much ;is proved. Several tiVsalse,sed the meeting in able speeches. - • Z'rr" . -, • c .1 - _ - ,a, ' r''