The National Register. — London, England, 1815-01-29 00:00:00

• P•D TUE N . 'PIO is • romp in 0 i And notes in the room . °fa public house at Tarnhani green, kept by Mrs. Lingard. Site missed it when she had tit into her earl, and was about leaving 11w house ; she returned atninediately to the room, bnt it wilA gone. She stated, that When she kit it in the room, Mrs. Lingard's sisti r, the waiter, and a female servant. were in it. These all dAdol any knowledge of it. Here suspicion attaching more partient.:rly to the fentale servant, she seas summoned to the Olive on Wednesday. An undertaking traving been entered into for her appearance ut a future day, she was not detained in custody. ACCIDENTS AND OFFE.NCES. On Monday, Mr S. an attorney, was committed to Newgate, eu a warrant then Mr. Justice Le Mane, charged with a capital elfieece. An inilietn,.•nt has been found against him at the Middlesex November Session', charging him with maliciously Nlinotii;g at Mr. Sewell, an accomitaet, of Bond-court, Wallwook, with a gnu, with an itacia to kill him. Mr. Sewell hail called on him on some bu s i ness . when a dilmrte arose, and when Mr. Sewell was leavine Mr house, he distbaresed a musket at him, but it fortunately did no injury While on Friday se:might, a qnarryman, residing near Trene erydd Pemhsokeslitre, was ineautionsly filling, a flask with erne powder, from a bane emit:doing. nearly all lbs. of the same, and his infant 06141, ',bona twelve months old, being at the mother's knee, win plaing with a small stick, one end of which was on fire, a spark liVa‘ unfortunately communivated- to the powder, which instantly expl.oled, carrying away the roof of the cottage, and blowing up the poor woman, who fell across one of the beams. She was dreadfully acoialied, arid her nose completely crushed; the mall was forced through a- pat Winn wall, being shockingly burnt and bruised, and the pow mitre. who was the unhappy but innocent rause of this 'Calamity, exhibited 5%1(.1, a lamented spectacle of disfigurement as to agonise the feelings of all wino witnessed the iithicting scene. To 'the further surf. rings of the father and child death has put a period, but the I woman, notwithstanding the injury she sustained, was Alive on Wednesday last. 09 Monday, an inquisition was taken at Pie'niegton, iu this colfeety,,ou view of t h e bodies of Robert Cave, and Jane, his wife, tot ° 'Were Attppl/Sed to have been wilfully poisoned ; when, upon an investigation of upwards of seven biters, it appeared that Robert Cave Who malady worked at Horton (about a mile distant) was accustomed to have something hot provided fur him on his return borne ;al fife evening, generelly some. broth, and a pudding or dinuplitig that on the preceding Wednesday evening he had a suet dumpling prepared foe him , by his wife, the whole of lahich he ate, and found no ill effects from it.: that on the next day (Thursday) she also prepared another suet thimplina for him, taking the note out of the tame bowl,-and the suet from the :- - anie place as on Wednesday. In eating it ni torlipliiiired of its taste , and only ate Mona half of it. ills wife than ale part of the rcmaindr, r, giving some to her eldest daughter, telio may took eery small quanti!y. They were all very snarl afterwards taken extremely ail. awl Jane Carve died in about aive hours; Robert Cave lived only about eight hours, and the thiegliter is now vet y ill , but likely to recover. It did not in any Nvay appear how or in what manner the poison wins introduced into, sa got mixed with the doer or suet,- both of which were atrougly impregnated with irrsenie; no person having been in the house since the mating of the dumpling on the IVerlnesday, except the family of the deceased. Verdict—Died by Poison.— ( Noel/urn:Aix Mercury.) - COM/NI:WS Isett'esT. Monday evening an inquest was held at the Limeand Lamb, Lower Grosvenoe•street, betnre Anthony Gell, Esq. Cllr ;nor tnr IVestutiirster, on the body of Sarah Silvester, *rt ,cook in the family of Dr. Robert Hodgson, Rertor of St. George, Hauover-square, who pint an end to her existence by cutting her throat with a r zor. It appeared in evidence, that between tern and eleven o'clock on Thursday morning, the deceased WitN edited from -ter mastee's ; it was then supposed she was gone out on some bus'oess oft&er omit, bnt not returning its the dinner hone drew near, the butler inquired for her, at the houses of several persons where he used to krquent, bet she was not to be found. Between seven And eight o'clock in the evening the butler and the kitchen maid commenced i fresh search for leer, and after looking over every part of t;:e house, they searched the out-offices; on their going up to the iota over the stable, they found the door shut close to; the butler knocked at the door arid called, but receiving tw answer, he pushed tiara, and hound it was unlocked, but kept shut by something - . )slug placed against it on the imille; he forced open the door so far as to admit his head, and looking iu saw the deceased lying a-most the tor with her throat cut, and the neer covered with ~1~. I, rt EEL N , blood—lre turned away horror.strnek. Ile made the circumstanee known to his master, who sent for Mr. Barrow, a surgeon. Dr. flodgson, Mr. Barrow, and several of the domestics prusteelo t the hayloft. The deceased was quite dead, with her throat eta.' from ear to ear, and an open razor was lying by her side. and at her feet was the body of a new born male infant, also dead, wills a silk handkerchief tied round its neck, and the body wrapped up in a hay-baiul. No particular act of insanity, on•the part of the de ceased. were laid before the Jolty ; but it appeared that her havi . pg the razor in her possession might be accounted for, as it was ntees sary for a woman to have a sharp instrument for the purpose of Je livery ; that she might so have it without any idea of committing snirule ; and that hr r pains, and the want of proper assistance at the time, migh, bring on a momentary derangement. On the body of the infant there appeared no pal Ocular marks of violence;' and the Jury were led to slippo , c that the cause of the handkerchief being tied round the child's neck was for the purpose of dslivering herself. The inquiry was lung and minute from the stations reporter in circulation; at length the Jury. under the direction of the Co rosier, returned a verdict of Lunacy.—They gave a verdict of found Dead, on the body of the child. The deceased was thirty six years of age, and had lived between seven and eight years in the family. A dreadful accident happened at Tostock, Snlioikr on Friday se'e night :---A rime, - hut honest and industrious little lariat r . by the name of John Ifowlett, in the parish of Norton, had occasion to go to Tos. lock that morning upon business, when he took his gun with him to frighten sonic rooks of his turnips; h e c a lled at n cottage, upon en. teeing •I'ostock, to leave kis guts until he should rc urn, and upon placing tile bat-end down a puss the ground, the muzzle being under his arm•pit, the gun directly went off, penetrating through hi:shoulder, near tr. his neck, and ,lodged nearly the whole contents its the balk and ceiling of the room. Great hopes are entertained of his life. John Ireland, of Colnbrook, a character well known, of great pre. tended skill in the events of futurity, and a professed fortuneteller, was drowned on Friday night, the lath instant, at Polito r. near Ux bridge. lie had been spending the evening at the 131.ick Horse , ari d telling the fortunes of some of company ; het, alas ! he could not tell his own. On going toward% his lodging, lie turned out of the di rect path, and tell into a ditch, wlse - e he was fano(' drowned, with his prognosticating cards floating on the surface A Coroner's Inquest was held on the body on Monday last. Verdict—Accidentally drowned. A man of the name of Divies, who states himself to be a Prussian Jew, has been committed to Chester castle, for having in his po ssesi j ou certain forged notes, purporting to be of the Bank of F.sicland, and uttering the same.. It appears that Davies caper Irmo Manchester in couspany with a woman of the name of Heald, who conducted him ti the h iuse of a female named Mary Morrell, in the Water Cotes, in Macclesfield, on the Gth inst., to whom lie gave one of the forged notes in order to obtain change. On the note being presented to Mr. Guosetrev, landlord ut the Nag's Head, Water Cotes, he instantly di.eovered it to be a spurious one, and questioned her respecting it she replied, " a person , goe.g I..ivcrpool had desired her to o bt a i n chaoge for it." Mr . Goosetre immediately (in compiiny with another person) followed her home; seized Davit, and delivered him into the hands of a constable; who, on searching him. found ere% en mate% of the same fabrication, together wirh two g•md notes. The prisoner or; his examination made an unp , •rtant communication to the Magistrates, which occasioned the apprehension of A person of the name of Lazarug. at Derby, upon whom were found 224 notes of the slnie description. Lazarus isas the person (ruin whom Davies obtained them. On Mondav evening las!, about right o'clock, ns G. Gottee, servant to Mr. 1 o lr, of Tot ham liall, E►sex, was on his way to MaWinn, he was stopped in !fey bridge parish by twe men, one of whom caught hula of his horse's bridle, and the other knocked him off the horse. They then demanded his money, which he 'refusing, one held him down. while the other rifled his pockets4taking 6s. 6.1. which was 611 he had. One of the thieves threAtened his life, but the accomplice pre vailed on hint to desist. The poor man was thee► suffered to mount hir horse, after receiving a blow with a knife which penetrated through his clothes, without hurting bins. On going. one of them demanded if he knew them? lie replied, '• Yes, I have marked you %sell enough," when instantly a pistol was fired at him, the ball from which entered one side of the crown of his bat, fortunately without injuring him. On the skcharge of the pistol his mare ran away with him, and he es caped without further molestation. EXTRAOaDINARY Feceivourv.—Last week n heifer, aged only 21 mouths,. the property of Mr. Thomas Sturges, jun. ut Longbridge-De verell, Wilts, brought forth four hull calves and one cow c lf, each weighing 24Ibs. The calves are ull dead, but the cow is in perfect health.