The National Register. — London, England, 1818-01-19 00:00:00

POLICE, BO •S F,T. nuEL.—Monelny morniug, between 8 and 9 o'elork., Mr. Tleloilure O'Callaghan, and Lieutenant Bailey, of the 58111 regiment, nod in a ti ..Ili near Clielk•fariii. to fight a duel, accompanied by Mr. (litotes Ne s s bolt, mi d el le Th omas J o . seph 1' ii as seconds. L eat. Bailey received a wound iii his tight side, which preved fatal. as he laneuished of it fir about toe hones, and then e*.pirril. ye a tt a gi t an a nd the two seremils were ofterwai (Is I ikeu into custody and liionglit to the office, and nuslerwent an examination before Mr. t mi;int • the sitting Magistt ate, when the following par- Ili stews transpired : Tlitenas limit, a entestable of Hampstentl, stated, that be sent for to Mr. Adams's litmus near Chalk.farni, in In. CI ent's-lane, near the Lead of I layas here he took the prisoners 11.10 custody, in consequence of 4 gentleman having been tilled in a dud. Mr. %dams, who occupies the house above allitthel to, ta t-tilled. anil stated, that about 0 o'clock t h at inorning he was in his bed-roien, its the act of dressing I:i:itself, when he heard tire discharge of two pistols, which itideced him to look out of his window : he sate tint* genti"mall two fields Oft" his house, near Chalk Cum. ss hu n t he rousidered in the act of fighting a dad ; as they did nit sep3tate or disperse, he was fearful they would tire again; he, therefore, finished dressing himself with all possible speed, :sail hurried off to the spot to endeavonr to prevent the shots heing repeated. Just as lie a rri ve d at th e gate, and Was in the art of gettitte over it, two pistols went elf; he observed one of the gentleiii.m, who appeared to him to have discharged one ot the pistols, to turn 'aim's'. and con dude(' hr had revels ed one of the shuts, The other three g entlemen, the prisoners. went up to liiin instantly, leo of titeni said lo Mtn they were all friends. He saw blood run ning (born the trowsers of the deceased profusely. The three prisoners gave him their names and add. vises. He did not s ee a pistol in the possession of the deceased, or any of the prisoners. Ile invited the prisoners to conduct the deceased t s his house, which they a ril', (tingly did. Ile dill not nbst i to any oilier person in the field where the parties were, the sten. lie oliservi dto the parties that it was an unfortii• ante affair , they all :served that it was SO. They ingnited of him if three was a house Hear for the prison( rs to con d uc t Ihr deceased to, as they were fearful of patting him to 'neon% v trienee however, there being no pulslie_liouse near, they sup ported him to his house, which was about 4 or 500 yards off. The deceased appeared to him to be in a dangerous state, and blood was rmiiiing out of his trowsers very last ; a sur• geon was sent for %vitt' all possible speed. The de( eased was laid on a sofa In his paltrier, and while lie was lying there Ire desired Mr. Theodore O'Callaghan to come to him, and held out his hand to shake hawk with him, and said lie had behaved most honourably. The deceased hail observed that he was sensible that he was dying and could not live lime.— After this be called the other two prisoners to him , shook hands with them, and made similar observations to them, and said-he forgave them all. Mr. O'Callaghan after this went off to Hampstead to get a comer to convey him front his house ; bat in the mean time Mr. Weld, a surgeon of Hampstead, ar rived in about half an hour from the time of the fatal shot; Mr. Redd, after having examiniel the wound, said it was im- possible to remove him. .1 he shot had entered on his right side, passed through his intestines. and all but came throng!' on the left side, it only being confined by the skin; it was visible to the eye. 'l'be shot had carried with it a piece of tis cloth of his coat and other garments. The deceased lied obsl•red to hint that the quarrel which had been the cause of the duel Wit& not origivally a quarrel of their own, but had sprung out of a quarrel of two of their mutual friends, who were to hays fought a duel on Momlay and they were to hare been their seconds. Upon recollection, lie would not he positive whether it was the deceased or Mr. O'Callaghan who made this observation; he, however, understood that it was the prisoner O'Callaediati who shot the deceased. lie dill not observe ally pistols it, the possession of them, but he famed twat pistols lying on the table of his parlour, none of them armed awns, bat lie had no doubt of their belonging to theire(tlity were pi minced in the other its an unloaded state) they were of a large size ; there were no pistols there before times came into the house. The deceased lived about two hours or NO home and a quarter. All the prisoners paid every possible attention to the deceased int ing the time he lived. lie conversed with them all. particularly with :Mr. l'healate who the deceased told the witness had been his second, or Iris friend, he could not recollect which. He heard him request Mr. l'healan to write to his father the full particulars of the whole atrair, and who he understood lived at Limerick. The deceased had smite conversation with Mr. Plicalan privately, every other person having left the room. Mr. Mir alan then went off to London to procure more sin gieal assistance; on his return the deceased had ex. pired. Mr. Newbolt writ, in the mean time, to inquire for lodgings, at Chalk-farm, or in the; neighbonrhood. Mr. O'Callaghan Went to Haiiipstead to procure a coach. They all appeared anxious to do es try thing for the deceased, and did nut seem inclined to abscond, but very readily surrender ed themselves. The prisoners wrest; not called upon for any defence. The Magistrate informed them the law did not make any distinc tion in saes of much. r, all being c in-idered principals. 'They must all therefore be dl tabled. It was suggested to the Ma gistrate that safe custody was all piebald) that Ire would re quire, to which herissented, mid it was agreed 11141 t they should be kept in the oatclehoitse tid the tieet‘ion of the Coutnier's inquest is known, when it oas suggested by the Matistrate th a t it wa s probable he woad sdnnt 111. Plie3l4ll Ili h at e another examinatien took pl ace baliltr R . Bit. Es q . I . 4.lseetallglllC C. 411 :.t . of the deit!li of Liettlettant Ede arl ley, of the a;;lii reginient of foot, who was shot in a d i , ( l,l,l l ,timillity Ming, in a field near Cheik.eiriti. Mr. Oa: e Wolollll' ilvecased, was pot tot lie bar, as likewise eels.: Ihr Itsll seconds. Mr. tit ..oil I, h.. •tilomoi et Hampstead, now attend- Cd, and ,tared, that he a.t , scut for ou Monday mornitig ant, great speed, to go to AI% Adam's liotise, ill Engiantr•-lane, to attend a gentleman, oil° had been severely wounded. fie arrived at all.. Adams's house &omit IU o'clock, e here be raw a gentleman oho had berm wounde d ,lying on a sofa ; lie pro ceeded to ex, !the wound, and lie found a halt had pelle t, eted on his aught side vely nearly in a line with his ilavr I. lie proccrikil to examine him 1,:1 I i. ref! si:ll.. %%bun he tits- Coveted that a trill 1.1.1 , tt •II:14 1/.1 seen his s ki n mi d tine rnisseles. Ile stiete riled in esti:whil e uhf' ball, and titer, dressed the %sound. Tile thl et . 1.11 , .1 , 1i.i • nrCl . pr.scot usII., Colitis at :Ile lima i.s' llltliii . 4l ‘‘. u• IA .4 . lII,' 11,1'1.155 , 1, After Vets ;et doel. li. u , Ilea me MM., m. f 0n ,,,1 hits d ot h 1,1 loe. a n (tooth 4 in (1,1, ,• /1,1 places, and e. tech 1.. It.ltl tie iionet 11,1 ils a It. WillisIII: .%d411. , , Who has aetsd so hmwuely lii this TJIR VIAZIONAL ftrGISTEIV shocking transaction, attended rtgaiu, and inarldition to his testimony of Monday night, stated, that after the deceased had called Mr. O'Callaghan to him, on the sofa, shook hands with him, and said every thing bad been conducted lo the most honourable manner, and that he forgave him : he asked Mr. O'Cosllagban if he would have done the same by him if he had wounded him. To this, Mr. O'Callaghan replied, most certainly, he s'aould have acted as he had done t and followed up the observation by saying, I wish. I had been wounded instead of you. Mr. O'Callaghan. appeared mach affected, and laid, yon touched me in the first Ate we had, on one of my legs by what is called a graze, and exhibited his trowsers sad boots, when it appeared that a ball had passed through both the leg of his trowsers and one of his boots. He saw the decease d, Lieut. Bayley, shake hands very hear tily with Mr. ('Callaghan. The three prisouers were order-' ed to be detained in custody. On the applicatinn of an attorney, engaged for the prison ers, Mr. Birnie agreed to their undergoing another investiga tion previous to their commitment for trial, and the attorney wrote to Mr. Adams, requesting it as a favour, that he would attend again on Tuesday evening, at seven o'clock, at which hour the three prisoners were again brought to the office ,and Mr. Willie having taken his seat, three barristers, Mr. Nolan, Mr. As - ahin, and Mr. Gould, attended ; their arguments went first to spew that the prisoners should be bailed, butt their applicasion failing. they simply asked that they should ssot be committed to Newgate ; but be allowed to remain in the watch house, as the more comfortable lodging, tilt the result of the Coroner's inquest should be known. Mr. Birnie said lie had a public duty to perform. In an. saver to arguments of the learned Counsel. he rooted the case of 3lontgonierie and M•Namara, in nth e t Mr. Heaviside, the surgeon, wilt) liad only been attesolisue pi•otessionally, was committed to N sar gate on a charge of murder. Sir Richard Ford was the committing Magistrate, who at that time ex pressed Isis determination to commit the surgeons, and all persons echo were present at Curl duels, to take their trials for minder, and this checked the visit of duelling for some time. Mr. I leavisiub! is as confined in Newgate for a consi derable time and at a very considerable expense. Probably hail to any amount cum'd have been procured for Mr. Heavi side, but all was refined. Mr. lliride further observed, that he did not know that m hg i s i ra i es ha l any (t o n g to do with Coroner's inquests. Mr. Nolan said, if the. Magistrate complied with the ap. pliration, no mischief, pnblie or titivate, could happen. 'the Magisti.de firmly outset ved, that it was its evidence before him that use of the bias's subjects haul been deprived of life, and upon prima facie evidence it ors winder. Mr. Noian ag.du urged Isis request that his clients might have a more comfortable lodging. Mr. Birnie said lie hail made sip his mind ; the prisoners must all tie co•mnitted to Newgsite to take their ti for the murder of Li"ut. tins Icy, and he was convinced that the three learned gentlemen would allow that he decided right. Tim gentles's* n bowed and Wised. The prisoners were given into the custody of the gaolers to be conveyed to Newgate. Bust SOAMEi.—Wednesday, the notorious Bill Soames was brought to the °slice, w ho haul been upwards of 20 years one of the most noted and staring thieves that has disgraced this country, lie having headed different gangs, an:l robbed persons in the most daring manner in the streets of London. The particular case sigiiiiist the pi isoner now, w 110 underwent two investigations, is, that ir: the mouth of September last, several of the inhabitants in the Strand, and particularly near Cathe rine-street. Somerset House, and from those places to the Adelphi, saw the priscticr in Company with others, robbing persons in the most andaC:ous Manner, of w hick they gave information at the offer, and Amin their description of one of them, there was no doubt entertained but that it Was Bill SoanieS, and in consequence Humphreys and Otisly went to the Strand to watch diem, which they contrived to do unob served, and saw them attempt several persons, and afterwards endeavostred to secure the gang of rubbers, and succeeded in securing two men. Suunu - % at that time made his escape, and has sitter been concealed in the neighbourhood of Re t elide highway, till Tuesday night, when Oddy apprehended him in the gallery of the Surrey Theatre. Two of the inhabitants of aloe Strand attended to confirm the testimony of Humphreys and Odd y. Mr. Iliu-ks, the Magistrate, convicted the prisoner under the Police Act, as a reputed thief. The Act, unfortunately for the public, is ith such characters, admits of bail, but the Magistrate s egnired it to be ready instantly ; two men pre. smiled themseh es. net very likely from their appearance to become bail; the Magistrate was not to be imposed upon so easily, and be said he should not r •reive them till he bad closely interrogated them. Tat. !bit • said his name was Davis,and hesitated in saying whose he lived; he at last said the Borough•road, sold cat's meat, and slaughtered horses. He admitted that lie had ktiown the prisoner a num ber of years, but did no: know any good of I ' ;in fart allow ed him to be the character he is is .owe to be. The Maps• trate then refused to admit WWI as bal. The other said his name was Young, but declined .s ng interrogated. MARLBOROUGH , STREE'r. HORRID MURDER ANI.i O FROM EXCIASIVE DRINKIWG.— David Evans, a journey n.ul soap maker, :moot 40 yea'. of age, was brought op from St. Anne's w4teli house, charged with the wilful murder of —, hi. o ife, by striking her I T. inatedly with a poker, at his lodgings in Falcon-court, Crow street, St. Anne's. The following is the evidence at length, as ilepo.til by the several witnesses : Mary C11:11.114111 stated, that she lived with her litishand in room over the prisoner, who occupied the parlours, at N 0.3, ralcon.vinirt. On Satier , ,ay night week she .heard the olasonur talking loud, as .. itiplarrelling, before 12 o'elork , aiid fr that hour nulil 3 on the Sunday inorering she heard dreadliel groans, which proceeded trout the prisoner's room. She Hew to a elineidlei's shop the next morning, when a was repor.eil to her that Evans had murdered his wile. mile ohs, rued the bed and pillow, placed against the and the eurtaiiiii or the bed room wer. thrown hack, nod there seemed much coolie.; . All the next this a emt au was there, ;rod she never knew that the %%tie ia.l• dyad twirl a coffin was btony ht in oil Monday night. -dun Desllll/1111 stated. 11141 she occupies the tits! th.or of Ni. 3, over the pi isnot is bed root.. On the night atm esai.., her litisoand cauu hutue drunk, and ,ilter havitig a few words Itli tht lins..w.r, ho busied hmt•e.l'amatt the sttv•et Owl %% It tits..ll on the to ti ttit Itt. clothes oil. 'toe •lll'r 11-1.11 V. rc bail words to witio.• .:Ittr he had gut tot, it 5t.%%11 101.111. t 1,111 . •% muted On lin . and 11l al ~ 11:111 "C. , ,11 ,4 hits ssti ., , dill he. gro.tio• %%crt loot' and reprdted. and is%,.ui ...I 10 el.trw Ilk' too,' lodgers but rtd•to out rotist• solo, ;111,1 WO 1141(.41 out giu .110141... * ilk,: Yt t.u, of the titri..ssed gusts note hiottiol Not :•.1 I tog ht r 111 ite•l intoning. sit:• thought she *lngot have Ithruk rtes, do:. bents a reserved pal ticUlar 411.1111311 ItUe would not like to be JAN. 19. seen. Witness saw the prisoner the next morning' wiping spots out of the floor with a wet cloth in the front parlour, and she upbraided him with ill-treating his wife, be back parkin; where they slept was shut. There was much inquiry about the wife in the neighbourhood, but wit. ness did not know site was dead twit the Monday night s when the coffin was brought in. There was a strange we. man ha the prisoner's apartments incutsantly watching the knocker of the door. Rebecca Mucciewhit, who occupied an apartment on the second floor, corroborated the two former witnesses relative to the groaning of the deceased until after two o'clock in the morning. It was like the moaning of a dog. She made up her mind to go down stairs twice, and she got out of bed to do so, hut was afraid rm• herself and her husband, as he wee a little man, although she said to hint that she would not stay ill a house where murder was being committed. The noise which preceded the groans appeared to her like a person knocking down h helves with a poker, and it continued as if to drown the noise. Mr. Webb, constable of St. Anne's, who acted upon the information of one Desmond, deposed, that having heard of the suspicious circumstances, went to the prisoner's house, and found him smoking. On interrogating him, he said some. thing of three Irishmen being in his passage, and by his con versation he seemed to have beets jealous of his wife, and he acknowledged having struck her in the mouth with his fist. Witness examined the front parlour, and he discovered the floor and the wainscot round the room besprinkled with blood. An attempt had been made to cleanse it, but the very mouldings of the room, out of reach, were splashed with it. He could not find any of the deceased's clothes, but a pair of boots, which were bloody. He afterwards saw the body in the coffin in the bed room, covered with a sheet. The cap on the head was in a gore of blood, and a long head of hair was matted with otic mass of blond. The back part of the head was brat to atoni;, so that a finger could he buried in the wonnds, and no such appearances could have been °era-holed by a list. This room was also besprinkled witb blood. Witness took a poker from the fire, which, from the appearance of blood, was no doubt the instrument of death. The prisoner said, that the deceased was very bad at 7 o'clock in the morning, and he applied hot bricks to her feet, and that she died at 70 o'clock. The prisoner retifted to give any account of the clothes ; but witness ascertained that a man, named Davis, who resided next door, and who worked with the prisoner near St. Giles's church, had then in a bun dle which the prisoner bad conveyed to his wife. Webb traced the bundle, and the clothes confirmed the horrid act. some had beers washed. The prisoner said, Mrs. Davies and Mrs. Jones laid his wife out. (;eo. Gillman, a clerk, and sot to the watch-honse keeper, corroborated Webb, and added that the poisoner told him that he quarrelled with his wife hecanse she could not ar. count to him for 2s. 10d. out of Bs. ; that lte went from one public house to another until he was drunk, and that a man told t' ha was living with a woman not his wife ; he then related about wiping the blood off bh face, applying warm bricks, dm The prisoner's defence Wes an eche of what he had told Webb and ; that Davis and he went about nntil he got very drunk, and that lie found himself going on leaving the first house. When he got home he could just rums tuber that an Irishman struck him, and one of the women, De,moad, told him that her husband had criminal knowledge of Ids wife. He next spoke about the money short, applying bricks to her feet, making her tea in the night, of her going to bed ; and that Davis and he found her dead in the bed in the morning. The coffin, he said, was had from West. miuster. Magistrate.—" How often slid you strike her? and how came the room so Woody ?" Prisoner.—," I suppose the blood came from nay wife'. head. 1 was very tipsy, and don't rememlser striking het more than once." __ Alwristrate.—" How came the blood on the poker P' I might have struck her head wuen she was l y i ng by th e C it e place, as I tried to pick her up, but being giddy I let her fallagain, I believe." 'nil prisoner was remanded till Friday, on which day he was r&-catnined and finally committed fur trial. CASE OF GREAT DIITRESS.—ThntSday, R MAR named Pilgrim, %I ho appeared to have seen better days, and ho bad been formerly a mate in the East India Company's service, was charged with robbing his lodgings at Mr. Eggertou's, Chandlerdoreet, Oxford-market, of a variety of or. It appeared that this unfortunate man had been reduced to the utmost misery. So great was his distress, that a child of his, who tiled some time back, remained unbur.ed fur many days in cousegnetice of his disability to pay the expenses of the foneral, and be was obliged to apply to the parish to cunt% door a little inonzy towards the interment of the child. He bad pre% iotc ly stripped his apartmmt of every portable article it contained, and having broken open a box, took from itsome sheets, which lit pawned, and afterwards sold the duplicates. Mr. Jones. is (stowable, went to the place °flies pt t'otter's residence on Wednesday, for the purpose of taking him into custody. Pilgrim, having setts the officer make his 41111 suspec hug the object tor which In. came, inametliateiy went to a closet, taking out a ramie, made is desperate eltoi t to put an end to his miscrit s mod bus life by drat% ing the instrument across his throat. Fut innately the razor nut being in good older, the wound inflicted was not dangerous. Junes Unniediately seized Mtn prisoner by the arm, and having wrested the weapon from his lisno, emit eyed cm to St. °eagle's watch house. A monstai Was seta for, who dressc!el the wound, and said that the maw ppy man mad been very near putting a period to his vxistence. 'flie persons at whose house' the prisoner lodged, humanely agreed to let the busiuess stand over for some time, that it may be ascertained whether the man's cif camstanees were,in reality, as distressiug as he represented them to be. The Pacha of Bagdad is on the point of undertaking a campaign, but it is n- t ascertained .on what side he will carry his arms. For the purpose of keeping his projects concealed, he has established ntag.isn►es in se vend directions While the Pacha is thus engaged in Lis military preparations, the robutrs exert ise their ravages to the very gates of the capital 'lwo 1 artar couriers have beta robbed within a tet: leagees Bag dad ; and the merchant► of that :omit, iatve lost by this accici.•itt a sum of more than 400,u0u piastres. The earthquake. at Vostitza occasioned the death of 5,000 persons. I