The National Register. — London, England, 1814-03-20 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL If.llll'ti 4 0- • - This asi , tanee was not however at hand, and the prisoner, on it-ac!ring the . door, by a sudden spring, disengaged - himself; not, hoe ever, before he had received several blows with the poker, the nark of w!...ielt . lw carried with him. 'Die prisoner was afterwards 'pursued and'stopped by a watch man, without either hat •or shoes, and his head bleeding most He Was conducted to the watch-house, where he eon r:sFed that he had been a full brine in Mr. Ayres house before he vas discovered. On being searched, a tinder-box, match, and pair of pincer , , were tound in .his possession, and on examining Mr. Mre's premises, his boots and shoes were found near a door hailing to a bark area, through which he had forced admission. The prisoner, in his defence, said* . had beeri driven to commit the crime implied to him by necessity; He was usually employed in ruling account-hooks, but had of late been very skek of work. It appeared that his brother-in-law oecasionrdly worked for Mr. and it was supposed that thronch his information he had ob t..ined a knowledge of the premises. There was no throet evidence, bowenr, to implicate the brother-in-law in the actual crime of breaking into the house. Ile was fully eumul:t red fr.*. trial. Richard Evars •waq likewise committed for trial. charged with robbing Mr. Fletcher, a warehoucenian in Nesvgate-street, to Whom be was porter, of three yards of toilinet. It appeared t h at the pH ., 'oiler had only lived twn months with Mr. F. and during that time had constantly robbed hint. lie was detected through the means of Mr. Sanderson, the spiri t-dealur in Newgate street, at whose house Its used to leave the fruits of his plUnder till he could convenit ntly carry them otil Ann Wallin and Mary Barnard were fully committed for trial, on a charge of privately stealing in the shop of Mr. Ilitumington, on Lad gale-hill. a piece of Irish linen. J. Turner - was . committed for a misdemeanor, in having Various ini ;dements for housebreaking in his pusession. He is a well known and desperate character,' and was seized by the pat role on Monday night . , ltedcruss-street, after 'having broken open a coal shed in Bowling a;ley. UNION HALL., W. Winter was vesterdav charged with hasing in his cart five quar t tern of malt, suspected to have been staler) from soma ship in the rive e 'ri t e prisoner was stopped by the officers, driving a liars and cart in BLickfriar's mad, riborit seven o'cliick in the morning. 0 11 tliiminine laic cart, the•malt in question was dtscoverrd in ask', with• oi.t any inz!rk, tie could not give a satisfactory account of the man which t7ley had come into his possessZon, mid, ha was conse quently detained. iii. account to the 'Magistrate was equally vague, .-noel he woe tined under the bumb.boat act. The malt was .I'ot -felled-till claimed by the right owner. ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES. CAL`I lON To P.anrris.—A turlancholv accident occurred on Thnrg day evw•ine to two floe childreh, belonging to Mrs. Wilson, in Whit. oolub court, Whitcomb-street, H iymarkt_i, wlio, during the temporary o j sen c e of Mrs. W. began playing wi:l; some lighted paper. which im ineliately set fire to their elutLes, and dreadful to relate, they were w-orly burnt to ashes. The bodies presented a scene too shucking .for description. Lenart N sTert, M4n r 6.—A dreadful accident occurred in this town yesterday evettiotr, by the falling of a floor over the kitchen of wy n d e , a ra sr r i a ble maltster and merchant. Tire floor, it appears, was loaded with a lane quantity of wheat, but not being properly scenred, some of the timbers gave way, and the whole was instantaneonsly precipitated through a second floor into the kitchen, where Mts. Wvhde, her aunt, four children. awl two female ser• wants, wrre. , itting., An alarm being immediately !zi..en..by a man servant, who happened fortunately to escape, though burial neatly breast high. the nmst prompt assistance was rat rdtd, and in le2s than half an hour the whole wete dug out. - The three yontiger chil dren were dead floor sutfec%tiont and the two servants front violent enntusiot s and frarthres on their hoods. Every exertion was made by a lumber of medical .men, who we re soon upon the spot, to re- Cote ahimation, but without effect. Mrs. Ni'vrole, her hunt.- anti the eldest danuhtcr, miraenlonsly e:caped death, the aunt and danghter fotu-ti in an upright situation, covered ,;bent . breast high with fallen timbers, bricks, and grain. Mrs. Wynde was the last that was discovered (except the two servants). upon the floor. under the whole of the rubbish, and by proper exertions, was soon• recovered but her immediate inquiries about her children, and her lamentations when informed of the fate of her family, were heart rending beyond description, Indeed but', a truly distressing scene 7.CISTER. 191 was scarcely ever•witnessed. Mr. Wynk, Wlie had been subpeeatted to Worcester Assizes, arrived this 'meaning by express ; and those -who arc husbands and parents may feel, but cannot dc...cribe his si tuation—bereft in an instant of nearly the whole of his family. Moat MOUTH, A sacs 9.—About 27 years ago. the body of a young woman named Mery Prichard, was found in a twill-pond in the neigh. bourhond of LongtOwn,:in the county of Hereford, with many marks of violence theron, and a Cornuer's Jury being summoned, after a patirnt investigation, deliveeed `a verdict of Wilful Murder. The deceased had for some time' lived servant with Mr. Gilbert, of Cluddock, and two young men, John Davies and John Jones, being her intimate ac. quaintance, suspicion fell upon the..., and they were' in conssinence apprehended.- Jones had formerly lived at Mr. Gillitnt's with her as a fellow servant;. but his then mists ss (Mrs. Hopkins, Erelandon) sweariug that he was in her Weise all the evening, that heavent to b'-d before her, and that he did not rise till alter she Was up; and this be ing cot roborated ,by a lay, who swore that he slept with him, and that to the best of his knowledge he was tint out Of bed till he arse With him to gl to their usual emnlovtuvat, he was discharged. 'Davies also proved his innocence. Some time after this Jones left that neigh lawhood and took up his residence in Monmouthshire, when he mar red, and had five children, but his wife has been dead some years, and lie iv now in the decline of life. Being at length severely a ffl icted with illness, and fearing the approach of death, rte sent . a few days since. for the Rrv. Mr. Saver, of k, to .vliota he Made a full confession of the murder. He acknowledges that he retired to rest with the boy before his mistress went to bed, that when he thought all the family was asleep, (having previ , iusly appointed to meet the un happy girl, who was pregnant by him), he stole out of the house, committed the hart id deed, and returned to his bed without disturbing any one, having .been,bit! a few ninutes absent. lle still lives, though in a very weak mote, .and appears much easier in his mind since the confession. His present :evidence is ohPenalth Common, near the Harglied, about, three miles from hence. BIRTHS. At Evington, Kent, the Lady of Sir J. C. Honeywocd, Bart. of a soil. The four children of Mrs. Pickworth, of Sempringitsm, Lin colnshire, whose extraordinary delivery we mentioned last week, are all since dead. • MARRIED. At St. Mary-le-hone Church, the Hon. John Reginald Lygon. second ti on .of ,Lord Beauchamp, to the Lady Charlotte Scott, only -daughter of the and sister to the pre.ent Earl of Clonmell. On Wednesday 11 , 1orning, at St.. Martins Church, Mr. john Kelly, Bookbinder of the Strand, to Mrs. Reed, of the Cheshire cheese. Russelteofirt. On Sunday the 13th inst. was buried, at St. Dtmstan's church. Fleet-street, Mrs. Smith, vkiife of Mr. Benjamin Smith, 'auctioneer and appraiser, of Carev-street, near !.jncoln's Inn, who had a solemn dirge ping in the evening ; and on Monday morning, the 11,h the said, Mr. Benjamin Suith was married to a young lady whout (report says) he never saw until Siturday evening, preceding the fu nerd! of his late wife. He obtained a merry peal to be rung on tk, occasion of es the ceremony. DIED. Ate Treilrea, i n Cornwall, tlre Rev. E. 'Giddy, Senior Magistrate of that county, in his B)th year.. At Northampton, Mr. Charles Smith, a vigilant Magistrate of that town, and Treasurer of the infirmary.' At Welbeek street, H. JorlrA, Esq. of Bayfield Hall, in Nor folk, many years Recorder of Great Yarmouth and Representative in Parliament for that town and Bramber. In London, rather dilhipectedly, where he 'had gone to consult his physician, the Rev. J. Wise, many years Curate of Rochford, Essex, and one of the oldest inhabitants of the Rochtord Hundred. t 92, STRAND. . PATENT SELP-AD . ,,TSTING ,TRUSSES. These Instriiments..are 'Ten an entire t! principle, the Springs arc so eonstructvd as to admit of increase or decrease in size and force ; w;ll answer for right and left side, without any strap whatever. SIT ZION, ODY, and Co. confidently recommend a trial to all those whn prefer perfect ease mid seenkitv to the galling application of the common Truss, on their a-nal liberal terms, viz. that the full cot shall be returned to gall Purchasem if not found superior in case and eflect to every other invention, after any trial, welt., er The l)::tente6s have •reccivcd the fAlowitig appointments : The Royal Navy. the Navy Hospitals lid Mick-yards, the Ortlitaixt . , Greenwich Hospital, the HoiJourable East India CO?liritly, N(!. N. B. Persons residing in the country, sending the e irl•auiterviire of the body, in inches l just above the hips, inactivec:.d qua IP ;Hz accurately fitted. , 4 • 14