The National Register. — London, England, 1813-06-20 00:00:00

J to nittrt:er. and li her shutters be lottgvd ut a c S. where it app Vickery avert and seized tin a; home at the ; b !It 114 Ares.- his pie! tntly liven vitt to the stables iniaid a pa'r with a cotrodt a!lt; itad since another in a similar wt Ile coward thei but be ur.::apic waslwd some occasioned Lit THE NATIONAL and had sceo her in her shop about nine o'oleck, previ-ius ters behtg put up. Vickery now left him in the custody of the uhile he went and searched his lodeings and stables. He at a ctotager's but a short distance from the house of Mrs.. it appeared, he slept with a man of the name of Winterfiteid, ascertained the clothes and other things heloneing to Cantwell, Ind them. He questioned the landlady as to Cornwell's being s at the time of the murder, and other citctinitat ces respecting , et Re. the did not appear commenientive, the officer did not ti. questions, Leing fearful he might do her an injury, as she had .en put to bed that moreleg of a boy. Vickery then proceeded 'Tthks of which Cornwed had the care of. On a C.Ts , bin he pair of (smiled breeches, which bud evidently been stained considereble quentity of blood, perticularly on one of the thighs, d since been washed without crisp, they beime but parti.lly dean. Cher ltart of the stable he found a jacket, which had been wordied tilar way. Ile tour; .ill the things Cernwell, at the Castle Inn; tett them all excep the jacket, which he said was his waster's, occasionally wore it ; the stains on it were with some stuff he some horses' mouths with. The blued on die breeches was toned by hleedine a horse. A new hat, and a new coarse Wee vett. where found its his lodgines ; the foruter hr said he honeht on the. Sunday monitug utter the murder. of Mr. Saville, a hatter. in Woodford, and paid him a oite•ponntl Bank of &Wend note ; the new blue coat he nurchasetl for one pound, when he was in I.tiedon on - Wedeesday, in the netetthourhood of Clare-wilco, but could point it out. The note be paid tor the hat %vith, he said he had had in his possession 'for Three mouths, amid the tt ee he purchased the vitt; with he had had by him since las. harvest. As they were leavine the town of Woodford, Vickery stopped the chaise at the door of Mr. Saville, the halter, who recollected selling Cornwell a hat on the Stmiichv morning after the murder, but had not got the 11. note he received from trim ; he had unfortunately parted wilts it that day, but had no doubt he could get it again, and could identify it Iron sous parriculer marks in red ink on it. Mr. Thomas Davis, tt !Fiedler! of the Sun public hotter, in Gate &tree', attended during the examination, identified the person of the pri soner, also the old metal watch, teund on him by Vickery, to ha"e been the same, it having been his wife's before he was marri:el to her ; he exchaisged it with biro for the watch bel7mgine to the hte Mrs. Ste- Owns, which watt proved to he her property by Mr. Ridley, the waielet maker, of Weridfot d. The pristine( behaved in a very indecent manner Amine the whole examination : every Arsons countenance except his was impressed With mos: serious aspect. Cornwell's wets quite the reverse ; he appeared in a continued laugh or grin daring the whole thee. On Mr. Read asking him what account lac had to give of himself, he answered in the most flippant and iudifferent manner possible. lie confirmed time statement of Vickery iepectine their conversation he acknewlodged frequenting! Mrs Stepleels's shop : he rave an account of himself up to 9 o'clock on the Saturday evening ptevious to the murder, when he stopped short,--said he would answer no snore eves tione, being sleety,—would talk ,nor' tiermerow, &e. Cornwell pet'seiting tit his refit: it to nn•mrer any mimic questions, or to give any further account of himself, than up to nine o'clock of the night of the murder of Mrs. Stephens, whet he hid sut ! was read over to him, and he corrected some trifling errors. He was then asked if lie choose to sign the account, being cautioned that it was ut Ilia own option. lie professed his ignorance of whet was recant by signine it, tint on its beingexpleined to him, he without hesitation wrote his name in the hook. He was committed to the House of Correction fur further examination. Thursdny was the day appointed for a farther investigation of this horrid transaction. William Cornwell, the ostler, WRS broll alit from the House of Correc tion, where confinement does not appear in the least to have hrouglit him to a sense of his situation, as his behaviour during the whole of the day displayed the greaiest levity, besides makinkt use of the most obscene and blasphemous Inigninfe. He swore ho would net walk to the otrire if they pulled him to ;;ricer; he .was therefore, broitelit dulibled-ironed, and strongly handcuffed. tic was placed at the bar about half-pit twelve o'clock, and during a long exr.mination, his coontenanre exhibited R continual laugh, or rsther u snearing grin ; it was the must hardened it is p o ssible to c onceive. The pri.mier, on being askre. if lie had ary *lug to say, repeated his account of his having found the watch near the pond. On his being asked, how lie came to give different accounts of having possession of it ? he si o ntly replied, he swapped the watch, that was i.II be toad to etty. and they might hang biro up if they pfeased. The Cliiirchwai den was bound over to prosecute bier for the murder, in a re-coenix ince of 100 i. ; and the witnesses vine uuu:ld over to pear s ita oath. ISTER. ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES. ROBTXSON, TUE DEFAVLTER.—TiIiS person embarked in one of our packet. for Hambargf . When the Captain went on board, he apologized for rrt instantly weighing anchor,7alleging as a reason, that he was waiting for a gentleman, who had been engaged in an ltrair of honour, which rendered it necessary for him to go to the Continent. "By the bee," continued he, " I see him now coming off shore in a boat." The lion. Mr. Kinnaird (to whom this con versation was addressed) asked the Captain the mune of the gentle man; he replied, Thompson. " That canoot be," resumed Mr. K. I know him ; his name is neerhompson, but Robinson." The Captai• , to convince his passenger of his being in error, produred a slip of paper, on which the name of Thompson was written. 8/ this time, the boat came alongside, and the subject in dispute as cended the deck. After many indications of surprise, he ap proached Mr. K. in a familiar way, when an explanation took place as to the;name he had assumed, in which he explained, as his motives for concealment,. " that he W WI in lawsuit of a lady : it was the wife ~fa friend of his, who had fled to Itaninirgh with her paramour; . o.d to ealni the perturbation of his frit toes mind, he had midertakeis to fild out the place of her retreat. with a view to prevail upon her to return." Mr Kinnaird knowing no:hioz of the real cause of Robinsmi's abandonment of his country, entered into Eno - idiot con versation with him, and they passed on their arrival at Hamburg, several days together, frequenting all public places. From theme Robinson went to Heliooland, where he was at the time of Mr. letter, free from arrest . Oai Monday. as a sow was trirnieg up a dunghill, near the Swan stairs. Rrentfortl, she was observed by a boy to turn up an infant the boy gave au alarm, and several people came, and drove her away, but not before - she had devoured one of the bands, and part of the atm. The infant proved to be a female, supposed to be about four days old. An alarm and in q uiry spread through the town its conseqoeoce. This circumstance brooght to the reooLection of a bargeman of the town, his being on the river opposite the dunghill, between and 1 o'e.of kon Saturdas night, when he saw au object all in white, near the spot where the inlaid was found, which be eoncluded was a Ghost. From his description of the olject, there is every reason to believe, that it was the unnatural mother, covered with a sheet to disguise herself. Several of the girls who arc working in the gardens. as is ens tomary at this Feacon, have been taken up, and examined before a Magistrate. Suspicion has fallen upon one of them, as she came there pregnant, and she was not able to give a satistactory account of her delivery. TH F. LATE Men urn AT CIIPLETIVIIST.—Creat pains have been taken to confitin such part of Nicholson% confession as could be reached by oilier testimony or proof. It will be recollected that the servants of the house denied any knowledge of the poker whirls the murderer alleges that he took from the servants'-hall. To ex• plain this circumstance, Anil Rogort, who left Mr. sonar's service about Faster, has been sent for from Oxfordshire, and was examined before Mr. Naves, the Magistrate, at Chislelmrst. She speaks po sitively to the poker belonging to the house : it was originally used in the kitchen, but afterwards in the scrvants'-hall. She remembers it to have been sent to be new-bitted about Christmas, and that it afterwards was brought home. The hoosekeepei's ignorance of this poker may easily be accounted for : she had only been in the family a fortnight, and no fires had been inatie in the servants-hall in that ti me. The family had been them only for two or three days occasionally since Christmas, and the atteution of the servants had not been directed to the poker, though now, on recollection, they most of them recognise it, Di ED. At Hampton Court. Paint e, the decen ged had apartments) I.a - lv Anne Cecil, sitter of the M minis of S disbto c. At Shenflehl C0tta , . , .... Essen. G. Selby, E-q. aged 78 years. On the C:2(1 of Feb. in Cnnada, Lieut. Chas. Kite, of the Amillerr, who was vt , linded anti taken ptistuter by the Americans in the battle of Nor. 2 , t, 1E:1 v, in the 25th year of his age. Ite was the sth son of the Rev. John King. Rector o f NN n •sitnrn, As :,Ir. Peter Stocken. o ged 58), was crossing on Sato; d. , y evening last. he sodrienly fell, aa'l utnut being. Ito r•te, piretl. Ile was Clerk to the Parish Clot rQh of iialdock And 18 years De;snte P•roma.ster of the same place. At Brandon, Suffolk, E. T3s,en, Esq. a gentleman well kw the turf. At St. ( lrtnent'!.., Norwich, the widow Tier. inz, in 14cr 001' She retained her faculties to the last hour. IP Oreet. cur:. 4 !I year.; um II on . 11 h year. a