The National Register. — London, England, 1813-09-12 00:00:00

.. • ^ !Tr ••'•,'" rt."! 7 . .-- r . . '1 • PROVINCIALS. Iwnv.rtors Roaasnv.--A fellow entered the shop of Mr. Lendon, ~ silversmith, of I:Ainton, last week, and requested to look at smut'sli ver wavlies. Hiving chose!) one to his mind, he selected a chain, peal, &c. for its a.Tompaniments, and while they were fastening oil, h e 1 0 ,,ked through the slip window. and loggod Alr. L. t • be u. quick es possible, lest his horse and cart, which lie had lef: a few doors above, vl:ould go off ; at the same time pulling out of his pocket, and phlcitig o, the cower a eanvrs money•bag, seemin2l9 di'tened with hank notes. Tloe moment the watch was ready for delivery, the fellow looked iluoaelt the window ',gain, exclaimed• with great earnestness, Ilutt his li , i'se was set ca. and soutchi.ig up the watc:J, t an out of the Is l . .p For a few Illiiiliti'S, Mr L pees-,ninety on the apparent suffi- eice.cy of 11. e canvass bag, which was lying before him, felt no rus• 1 picion ; hot the wait tint leturoine, he ventured to examihe hii seen- rity, which he found to cotet'st .pf nothing hot scraps of printtd bulls I torn tram till' walls. Tie de;rredator got clear off. AN AWFUL AND REM tIZKAALE CIIICFMSTANCE.--On Tociday last a Coronet's lonia'st w: , s taken on the body of Doniel Pooh), I of Pi:l.. It appelted that the deceased was fonwl dead on Sunday ,i nunnine last, in a lirld ..,1 the north side of the pori-11 of Wraxall ; II and that when he (lied be was in the act of :Aline a sheep which he h had just stolen. In hiz right hand -..is a bloody !anti% and his :I clothes and beady werc ever.; where s• 'fed trine ghte and (lit t. Near i hint Let :is gn4:, 4iiscliai,.:,,] ; and .:t a short distance a wounded shccp - ..lt'.ch ha•l rvidralls lit ..loit at, and had a slifzl.t wound 1 1 ii i . 1., 1 4 the e ar, ye! ie was pet 4 .',-!•tly ii:cless, rt Ey black in t l i I;ice, and a4totstlicr a luribl" :lie. tad... in a ditch was concealed al' • • i rack, -xliicli being .icari.hetT, was lom! to ectitain the carcass of 1, ;mother sheep, paiwetivd, .-I.ained, cleaned, and emit np, whilst a I I patch of nev, ly•tni lied e. ~ :liP M hei the spot where the skin and . 1 ofilds were biwricd.--Verdia--LX,II by the T'iNilation 4 "G. , ..ii in 1 the act if Felony !---( C.' touco,tr P‘ipa.) Mu::DR. E--Aloiniay seenniglit an inquisition was taken at Wood- I, bridge. bail-As, .on view of the body of Tnentas M•nilion, a pri- I j vate its the Oth ce , jnicnt of riot, who died on Slimlay se'nnight hall consequet:cc of a wound he received in his left groin from a hay II rind, on the night pieceding, inflicted by one GriFil, a fellow sol- I dies', who i, uot more Ilia:1 39 year , of age, and volunteered lute the i'ic.stli frointlte Tipperar Militia; the deceased was .21 years of age. It rppeared in evidence, that. on the Sltorday tokiit, about f ICVPrI o V illelC, Griffin and the deceased were is a lint toge ther with several other soldiers. They drank beer, appeared . friendly, and afterward , . shook hands with each other ; lint Griffin almsing a brother of the deceased, they fought, when the deceived • gaint'd the athantate of Griffin. The soldieri:, Griffin, and the deceased, soon after- left the hut ; ki'Malion awl Griffin were both quite Puha% In the course of halt' an hour Griffin again saw the deceased near hi, own room : some words then passed between them, and Griffin ran away,' In4t inmiediately returned with a drawls bayonet ; the deceased directly said, " lie will ninnies me," and tan across the liarrock-square ; Gi ifrin pursued him, and the cry of murder was hear4l inimediu'ely afterwards. Griffin then came up to sonic soldiers who where standing, together, when one of thew seeing something glitter in his hand,'which (as the night was very dark) he took for a . 14 idle, said to 6riffiu, 4 6 Sine you 'have not killed him." Griffin replied, " Yes and will kill you too, it' you give me any prate." Critic left them, and went to bed. He was presently taken by th, guard, and upon being vecusud of the murder, he den . ied having hem out that night ; but was asked by the, officer for his nayonet, 4.1 hid) he. (Griffin) pointed out to him, ,And which was bloody at the poinj for about two inches upwards, and the blood on It was (laity In- b. The deceased was attended by the surgeon till font o'clock on Sunday afternoon, whin he died ; but on that motailnc. , ,, abont eleven o'clGek (then having, Ids perfeet senses) he signed a deposi tion in their preaence, declaring Griffin to has e stubbed him. The Jury, aftei an inve4tigation of ei.tlit bouts, &Irina. which time ten -witnesses were examined, returned a vetsliet of soUrid murder aga in s t Maurice Clan, who ma° committed to Ipswich - gaol to take his triA at the ensuing Assizes. Y 4 R St Fr. 5 --On Wednesday, our General Sessions of er and Terminer ana Gaol Delivery, ‘‘ ere held at the Hall, bwore w.-4,-hi r , E'9 Recorder, ,ind fini.hed OH Fritlo atterneim, when John Hann h, ugtri 67 elotigvd iii, Ihe murder of his wile tie stran gulation, was found Guilty, and ordered for execution on Moitile.y. During' his trial. *Nell lasted from ten in the .i.oriiieg till three in the aftern4oni it~ ue%er once appeared 10 c.h. 'li t e countenance ; when the Recorder p-s-ed the dreadful sentence • Idle law, the whole C pit wail; nested, but *till he reit:stifled umuuved, • • • • •••• •• 40 ‘t • ••." .11 ,1 1 7. . - -.•••• 7 - • • •. Tat NATioNA i)r GISTER. S .. • EXECUTION . OF LUKE HEATH, AT OLOUCEkrEIt. OH Moll4av se'nnight, soon after 12 o'clock, this criminal was. executed at the drop, in front of the County Gaol, for the tionder of Sarah Harris, at Cow Honeybourne, four years ago. Au aniaziug conconrse of people attended to witness the execution. After at tending divine set vice it' the chapel, and spending a considerable time in prayer, he was brought out upon the scatiohl, seemo i so oompletely overcome with terror, that it was with gteat diffi culty he could snpport himself. He appeared to shrink with lw. rur from the' a..vfnl scene before him; and, aft.'r remaining a v et v few minutes in this situation, he uttered a short ejaculation, aod was homehed hit° etc» oily. After hanging' the usual lime, hist o dy was out down, and sent to the Infirmary for diseetioo. ap parent intlifre! owe and want of feeling manifested by Mrs unh a pp y criminal, both doting the progrt ss of his trial, and at the dreadtill moment of sent, lice pas , ed, have been formerly teentioned : on his tel to the prison, however, after condemnation, lie. evinced doe and made an ample confession of his :Atilt. The man ner of his perpetrating the horrible crime lie stated a; follow. ' He had fur some time kept cot»paoy with the deceased, and, under repeated promises of marriage, Ind robbed her of her virtue ; she was .-ix months advanced in pregnancy. On the night Of the mnr der, he went, about twelve o'clock, to her father's house, and called her out of bed. She (WIC 1101111 Shirt; dist'Ssell, bit without shoes. Some words passing betvveen them, he struck her so violeocy with a white-thorn stick on the head and temple, that she fell to the ground, crying Lni - 41, have mercy upon us!" He then (to use his own words), ‘• with the assistance of the devil !" Niched tier up, and carried her on his shoulder to the pool of water, into I which he threw the body, believing thcoo was then but little life left ! denied making use of the dung-fiok spoken of by some of' the witnesses, in the perpetration oc his diabolical impose. It would appear, however, that his conscience, notwithstanding hit apparent apathy, had been but lil at rest fel. the first year after the commision of the murder ; for, during that period he had 11CP11 Several times in London, II eel visited 13irmiogbain. traversed Kula anti Nortlipmptoniatire, been tour months out board a brig belonging to Newcastte, had gone into sonic parts of Scotland and Ireland, and still was bereft of the power of settling any mitt re. Atter this period, he appoars tie have acquired a little more traugnillity of havaig remaioed about twelve months as a servant in hus bandry, at Harvley, Shropshhe ; from thence be went to Kidder minsier,laliere he served as hostftr at the Wharf Inn, and was taken into custody whilst in that situation. ' BR E .4 D. The Lord Mayor enntinnes es7amiliations piblidy at the liaq. slot; House, of the bakers an 1 Mannfactorino. :dealers in flour ; and has pledged himself, that if they persist in their preseot his Lordship will, next week fix the assize of bread from the ave rage pi!ee of wheat. Oa Tuesday, a great number of mealmen and bakers were stinf moned he bee the Lord Mayor, charged with making false returns to the Cocket Office of the price of flour they bail bouLdit the week before, and some for having made no returns at all. The different, prices of the bills of parcels sent with the floor to the bakers wt etc such that his wv at a lois hoar to settle the pries- Of bread, and kept the Master of the Baker's Company, and Cont.! of Assi-t -ants in waiting till past two o'clock, that they might hear the defence of these people ; the bills of parcels of some were from 755. to trOs. for the sack of flour, and several of the mealmen said they would not sell their flour Co- less, when others said they were con teeted take a moderate price. His Lordship said, he had every rei.son to believe there was a connivance between the bakers and r (dmen to keep np the price of flour, and borne who dill not give matisfactory'answurs wer.' tined 9.01. Some bakers, mostly from the country, did not attend at all. His Lordship theo settled the assize of bread, and redeeed the price, telling the bakers he was deter mined to prosecute his enquiries, and to punish severely all those who did not attend. Thursday, at tile Mateion-House, J. Collier, a mealmen was charged with having sent in a large quantity of fl our to a liaker, wiiliont.speci..ying the ;trice. The baker,. io'niaking his return, stated the price to be 100 s. at a eness, The market price how ever was but (Jos. ; and the defendant stated, that he sliqull only charge the baker that price.--His Lordship asked the. defend ant, whether in. did not know, that a baker was bonnil by his oath to make a letnrii of the flour he pitrehased, and the price at which the ime ) tnse 113 d In made, every week ? Dckaulant answort4 - Witte aliiimative.—" Then," said his Lordship, -0 how was von( Chgultler to comply with the terns of his oath ; and iit the rtforild