The National Register. — London, England, 1820-07-30 00:00:00

GRAND SHIP LAUNCH AT CHATHAM. Wednesday being the (lay appointed for the launch of the Trafalgar, 112 gnu ship, the towns of Stroud, Rochester, and Chatham, assumed an ap pearance of the utmost gaiety, owing to the great influx of fashionable company which was every mo ment arriving, and of which the liar sex formed no inconsiderable portion. The morning was ushered in by the ringing of bells, &c. and preparations wcr every where observable for a splendid fete. From an early hour in the morning, till about one o'clock, the streets were continually blocked by cavalcades of various descriptions, from the high blooded peer and his four-in-hand equipage, down to the more cautious cockney, and his chaise.cart, and all seemed actuated by an equal curiosity. His Royal lli ghness the Duke of Clarence rose early, and after breakfast visited various parts of the town, in company with Earl Darnley, Lord Bin ning, Admiral Sir John Gore, Sir Robert Barlow, &c. &c. after which his Royal Highness returned to the Admiral's house to prepare tbr the fatigues of the day. The gates of the Dock Yard were thrown open to the public at twelve o'clock; but none were admit ted to the canopied seats without u ticket from the principal Commissioners. To keighthen the beauty of the scene, the hills on each side of the Aledway were sprinkled with the country people, and plea sure boats and sailing gullies glided along the smooth surface of the water, in great numbers. We regret that want of time compels us to be Ude(' in our de scription. About two o'clock his Royal Highness and party arrived amidst the most enthusiastic greet ings, and in a few minutes afterwards, the usual preparations being ready, the Trafalgar was raised from her moorings and shot into the water like an arrow, whilst both sides of the river re-echoed the joyous shouts of the assembled multitude. It is understood that she is to be towed to Ports mouth to be masted, and afterwards to proceed im apediately to sea. His Royal Highness afterwards dined with Sir J. Gore, and a distinguished party. IRELAND. WATERFORD ASSIZES. MURDER. John M‘Carthy was indicted for the wilful murder of Robert Sheehy, Esq. on the Isth of January last, at Bawnfewn. Edmund Sheehy, F.sq. sworm—The deceased, Mr. Sheehy, was witness's father ; witness saw the deceased brought into his house; he appeared to have been mur dered; his skull was cloven asunder; on witness putting his hand under the deceased's head, it souk into his skull; witness fainted away. The murder happened on the 15th of January last, at night-fall. About a week before, witness and deceased distrained the pri soner's father, and drove two horses born his laud; wit ness, who was a few yards from them, thought the prisoner was going to strike the deceased, and went to his auistance, but the prisoner's father cried out, " Let him go to the devil and take them ;" deceased put the horses in pound, hut they were afterwards bailed; pri soner's father held a lease of some land from the de ceased, and on the life of the deceased; prisoner lived within a mile of the deceased; had lived there many years ; the deceased was a kind and benevolent landlord. Mary Droughan sworn.—Recollects the night Mr. Sheehy was murdered; saw hint that evening near the door of the house in which witness lodged ; it belongs to the uncle of the prisoner. Knows the stream; wit ness went after Mr. S. and asked him for some money; he bid her send her 11113balid to him, and he would dive him some ; witness was returning when she saw the prisoner behind the deceased, with a bill-hook or plough Iron in his hated, with which he struck the deceased behind the head ; the deceased stumbled a few yards, and cried out, " Oh, murder! Carthy 1" the prisoner followed, and gave him a second blow, by which he was killed, and he fell within two or three yards of the small road ditch; witness did not wait any longer, but 14111 home through the dikes as fast as she could. Cross-examined.—Lives at Clomnel with her !maraud in the house of Pat. Lonnergan ; knew the prisoner and the deceased vet) , well; did not tell the Sheehys of what she knew until within a few days of Easter Sunday. The Learned Judge asked the witness what induced her to swear against the prisoner. She said that three or four days before she gave the information she met the Rev. Mr. Casey, between Clonmel and Clogheen, told him the circumstance, and asked his advice. He told her that she was wrong in keeping such a secret in her breast; and that, if she persisted in concealment, she would not receive the rites of the Church; this operated so rely strongly upon her mind, that she -.vent and gave information. NicholasOrouglian, husband of the last witness, cur. roborated the testimony of his wife, as far as he w3i concerned, and farther remarked, that he was often awakened out of his sleep at night, by his wife starting up and crying out " Uhl murder, Carthy !" His Lordship, Baron M'Cleeland, summed up the evidence to the Jury in an able and eloquent manner, and passed a very handsom, compliment on the praise worthy conduct of the Rev. Mr. Casey, in bringing the nefarious deed to light. The Jury, after retiring about ten minutes, returned a verdict of Guilty. The prisoner was ortetuied .it one o'clock. THE NATIONAL REGISTER BOXING BET WEEN BENNISWORTH THE ESSEX CHAMPION, •ND GARROL THE SUFFOLK CHAMPION. This battle, which excited considerable interest, was fought on Wednesday tin. 50 guineas, at Crixey Ferry, near Burnham, Essex, mid it was manfully contested thr 58 minutes. Bennisworth last fought Joshua Hudson, and Gurrol is one of the must pro mising of any that has come out fur borne years, of 21 years of age, with weight between 1:2 and 13 stone. Tom Owens seconded Garrol, and Bennis. worth was seconded by his brother. The ring was numerously attended. Round t.—Roth went fearlessly to work, and hit away for several minutes, when the claret flew in all directions, and Bennisworth was floored by a hit on the head. Six to four on Gerrol. 2. ' ENS W:IS alit a gatrlC round, to the luivantage of Garrol whose strength of hitting had left some heavy marks, and Ben nisworth was thrown. 3. A slashing tonal, rather in Bennisworth's favour, who was lucky in placing sonic favourite hits, but he was at length knocked down. The next ten rounds were taught in bull-dog fashion, but Garrol's strength gave hint decided advantage. and he either threw or knocked his adversary down in every round. The 15th wan a determined lighting round, hut Bennisworth had got weak, and his head was hideously cm:lnvert:A. Garrol gave his adversary a heavy fall. The lhth, iith, and !nth, were slaughtering rounds, and Bens nisworth was hit down in each of them, ical the battle was nearly reduced to a certainty. Benni,worth received a eross.buttuck. Until the 3nth round Bennisworth Ought under every disal vamage front loss of wind, swollen head, and imperf , xl sight, and he had no chance of success, fully resisting hi adversary's superior strength, although he Ought very gum. He was hit down in this round, unit it was poundage on Garrol. In the 3-2 d round Heimisworth received a quietus on the front of the heed, and lie did not recover from a state of stupor after, although he stood till the 39th round, when Garrol gave him a finisher in the body and won the battle. . . (hand is a high waived young man, and a bard hitter, and promises much mischief amongst the heavy weights. lis delivers his blows home without fear of being hit, and he is just the age to become a first rate boxer. IMPORTANT COR ON k. it'S DlQUEST.—Wanionbriving. —On Friday, an inquisition was held at the sign of the Nag's Head, Wandsworth-road, before Chas. Jemmett, Esq. Coroner, on the body of a fine lay, aged two years, • the sun of George Steveos, a private belonging to the loth Royal Hussars, who was killed lay falling from a baggage-waggon, heavily laden with loggage,fae. through the carelessness of the driver.—John Stansby stated, that between twelve and one o'clock on Tuesday, his atten tion was attracted by the art ival of a number of baggage waggons, with Imo, wonted, and children, riding on them. lie Caine out of his shop to see them pass. Se veral of them proceeded very regularly, when he observed the last out one meals 0un...1* . and endeavour to pass the rest of the others. The driver of the last wag gon just at this moment smacked his whip, when the horses at the noise set off in full speed; the fore horse • rail for some distance on the foot-path, and forced the fOre wheel of the leant with a tremendous crash against a lamp-post, and instantly precipitated a woman and her child from oil the top by the sudden shock. Whness i tttttt tahately ran to give assistance, and succeeded iu raising the woman's head upon his knee ; other help being at hand, they conveyed her instantly to a suigeon's. She was, at die tulle when witness lifted her from the ground, and "bile she lay on the flour at the Doctor's house, totally insensible. Witness believed when the deceased was picked sip he was dead, but his whole attention was towards the woman.—The evidence being closed, the Jury took a view of the body, and, on their return, they consulted for upwards of an hour, and after wards returned the following verilict:—That the de, ceased's death was occasioned by falling froma waggon from the wanton and negligent conduct of the driver, by going out of his road, and coming in contact with a lainp•post upon the foot-path, and do therefore return a verdict of—Manslaughter against William Woodward, the driver of the said waggon.—As soon as the verdict was recorded, the Coroner issued his warrant against the prisoner, who was in attendance, to be secured. Ile will I take his trial at the Guildford Assizes, which commence its a few days. Dreattful Explosion of Gunpowder.—About half past ten o'clock on ‘Veduesday night, the neighbourhood of the Borough Road, St. George's fields, was thrown into a violent state of alarm, in consequence of a loud explo sion of gunpowder, and other inflammable combustibles, at the House of 11Ir. Jones, au assistant firework manu facturer to Vauxhall Gardens. The shock was so ter rible that it completely shook every house within 200 yards to its base, shattering the windows, and knocking down chimney pots, and teniporary shelves and cup boards in abundance. Mr. Jones occupies the lower part of a house in the possession of Mr. Smith, a far rier, who was ignorant of his profession, or that he kept gunpowder on the premises at all ; and oil NVednesday night, he (Jones) went to his usual avocations at the Gardens, leaviog his wife in care of the place. During some time the late of those in the house remained a mystery ; hut at length a woman, with three children hanging about her neck, was descried through the dames, at one of the upper windows. Site threw the children down tune alter another, and it fortunately happened that two of them were caught by the spectators, them her fell aml received some cinitusions ; but none of a serious nature. The woman was they about to jump out her self, but was dissuaded front so doing by John Smith, a constable, who courageously ran up stairs and succeeded in bringing her out of the ruins without either experi encing much injury. Engines arrived about I 1 o'clock, the fire was Aot under, and the neighbourhood remain tranquil Mum , ' the rest of the night. By toe interposi tion of Proviureuce, a chest of drawers was blown under the A 3 l:ca ''.li't CI then up 1147 and had it not been for this fortunate circumstauce every its the house must have perished. A farmer living a miles Iron Eaton, Pennsylvania, sent his daughter on horseback to that toad, to procure front the bank smaller notes in exchange lor one of JOU dol lars. When she arrived there the bank was shut, awl she endeavoured to elfeet her object by offering it at sc veral stores, but could tiot get her note changed. She had not gone far on her return, when a suanger rode op to the side of her horse, and accosted her with so much politeness, that she had not the slightest suspicion of any coil intention on his part. After a ride of a mile or two, employed in very social comer-46mi, they came 10 a versa retired part of the road, when the gentleman command ed her to give him the bank note. It was with slime difficulty that she could be made to believe him in ear nest, as his demeanour had been so very frimodly ; but the presentation of a pistol plated the matter beyond a doubt, and she yielded to necessity. Jost as she held the note to him a sudden puff of wind blew it ioto the road, and carried it g,eotly several yards from them. ;The discourteous knight alighted to overtake it; and the IA! whipped her horse to get out of his power, and th:: other horse which had been left standing by her side, started off with her. His owner fired his pistol, which only tended to increase the speed of all parties, and the young lady arrived safe at her home with the horse of the rob ber, on which was a pair of saddle bags. IVlten they , : were opened, they were found to contain, besides a quan tity of counterfeit bank notes, 1500 dollars in good mo ney! The horse was a good one, and when saddled and bridled, was thooght to be worth at least as ►ouch as the bank note which was stolen. The holy of au nolurttmate man, dressed in the cos tume a sailor, was discovered on Saturday month% in a small pond, situate a short distance from the new road leading from Kentish Town to the Highgate Arch way. Ott being drag-ed to tht shore by the men who found it, appearances led to the conclusion that death had been produced by violent means, and that in fact a foul murder had been committed. The features were disfigured with blood, and the clenched fists and curved arms of the man, induced the by-standers to suppose that he had died in the act of resistance, and this belief was aided by the declaration of a woman residing near tho spot, who stated, that, at about one o'clock in the morn ing, she heard loud shouts, and a soul e, as if people were quarreling. The body was conveyed to the Buil • and Gale public-house, where it now lies for the Curit uer's Inquest. It was examined by Mr. 1-larding, a respectable surgeon, of Kentish Town, but he was en able to discover any wound which, in his opinion, could have occasioned death. There is a contused wound over the left eye, and a few scratches on the face, but those are all the marks of ill-treattnent.—A Coroner's inquest was held on Monday night at the Bull and Gate public house, Kentish Town, upon the bony. A labourior,, into, named Butler, deposed, that on Saturday morning last he was at work in the field of his master, situate Ott the right hand of the New Road (root Kentish Town to Highgate. He was cutting hay, and on approaching .t point, ill a distant part of the field, observed sennethim; like a man, with his hack uppermost, in the middle of the water. Witness was much alarmed, and ran to cal! two persons who were also cutting hay. They took the body out, and perceived a mark of a blow over the eye, hut no other mark of violence. The two men who as sisted Butler, stated that the body was gone still. There was a mark on the right temple as if front a blow, but such as the deceased was nut likely to have given him self. The deceased had his hat on. There were tt.e loot marks of one person leading to the pond, and at the end of the steps an impression on the clay at the bottom as if front the fall ofa person into the water. The step: were wide and straggling, and there were no marks of footsteps leading f the pond, nor other steps leading, to it. One of the witnesses went to a constable, whet said it was not his business to look after the hotly, and it had better lay there for a few hours.—[The ronstahle here received a severe reprimand.]—Mr. Bolton, a sur geon, said he es:ambled the body. There was a mark on the superior orbit of the eve, as if front a IA on stone or gravel. There was another m irk ou the face. Both were of a trivial nature, and by no means such as weir likely to become mortal. He had opened the body.. l'here was no fracture of the skull; the wound did not even extend to the integuments. In the stomach thew was a quantity of liquid, but whether it wa, ale, or any spirituous liquor, he could not tell. The deceased ap peared to him to hate died of sufincation or drowning. Here there was a statement made by some persons that reports had been made of particulars respecting this case, for which there was no foundation whatever.— Two surgeons, whose names had been mentioned ui bills, and who were stated to have said, that the wounds were given with a pitch-fork, denied every thing atm tinted to them.—The Jury moulted a verdict of " Acci dental Death." On Thursday last, the horses of a post chaise, belonging to Mr. Prichard, of the Three Salmons, Usk, were taken to be washed in the river Nlonnow, at Tibbi-bridge, Nlontnuntli, when, as they were returning to the stable, a violent clap of thunder exploded, which so frightened one of them, that by s sudden spring he fell otr the bridge, nearly 15 feet in height, into the river. lie was, however, taken out of it, and walked apparently well to the Beau fort Arms Inn; but he died soon at terwards, without previously sliming any signs of pain. The Micas of the burst of thunder alarmed many of the inha bitants. To a person who viewed its appearance, the cloud which emitted it had the appearance of three suns, shining with peculiar brightness, when on a sudden the lightning flashed, and the peal of thunder which followed shook the whole neighbour hood. It was not attended with any rain of conse quence either before or after, and the terror it had occasioned SO: 11 cet.srJ .