The National Register. — London, England, 1814-08-14 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.. .AT'G. 14. THE MURDERPF - MiSS WELCIIIIAN.- HOW . STREET.—Yesterday James Mitchell, .a statement .of whose apprebension has already .appeared in the public prints, wit- Itroli•it up fOr re-examination' befOre Sir N. Couant an 3 Mr. Sketchley at this office. Public curiosity had been so Much excited to obtain a' sight of him, that,at an early hour the Mice and all the avenues leading to it were crowded. At twelve o'clock the prisoner was put to the bar, in custody of Atkins and Taunton, who had been dispatelied to Salisbury for the purpose of brioginet him up to Town. The peisoner, it appeared, was apprehended on Wednesday last, within about four miles of Salisbury; near the house of his mother, who had been buried about four days previously, haring, been recog nized b a farmey in that neighbourhood with whom in his youth he lived servant. The evidence was as follows: . Mist: Ann Welshman, sister to the deceased, deposed, that she lived at No. 17, Mount:street ; ioneW the prisoner, Jamei Mitchell; he called in Mennt-street, in the evening of the 4th instant. and asked for informant's sister. He was shown up into a room on the first fir Col-, in which was the deceased,. Miss 111a!alard, • Miss Macy. Mary Lisson; 8 servant, and evititess. Witness inlet other ladies re tired, mud left her sister, the prisoner, and the servaet together ; shortie-atter heard high words between her sister and the prisoner; went 'down stabs, .and in about a quarter of an hour beat it :hat her sister had been murdered. • Miss - Mary ltheey resided in Mount•street. The deceased, Miss Hannah Welshman, was her forewoman F recollects the prisoner coming to her housean the evening of the 4th instant ; was in the room with, the deceased .when the prisoner entered.' Deceased ae cused him of having taken awly .a small pair of scissors, which he &stied, and became very abusive:. The prisoner wanted the 11(teitStIl to semi out for salmon to boil tor his supper ;•she refused ; he then wanted her to give 'him some money, which she also refused ; he at:erwards asked her to go out with him to supper, but this she also declined ; witness left the room shortly afterwards, and went down . stairs. 'fire deceased followed shortly, and said •he must• be alrioe with pm isoner a few minutes. Site went up stairs, and after rentainiog some time, witness heard her scream, and almost instantaneously heard two - slots tired. Witness rushed up stairs, and found the de ceased lying on the floor dead, and the prisoner gone. Robert ‘Vatk;as was landlord of a house, No. Mnnnt•strcet The deceased and Miss Macey occupied his tint fluor: had sonic knowledge of the prisoner. On the night of the 4th inst. heard the screams of the deceased and the shots fired : rushed upstairs : found the deceased lyiug dead in the door way. The window next the street door was open : found a pistol on the flour, and another in the back room ; they had both been discharged. William Collinson, landlord of the Barley Mow, next door to the house of Mr. Watkins, was sitting in his house on the night in ones lion : I card the'screains of Miss Welchman: did not hear the pis tols fired : looked out of the window and saw a man king on the pavement, opposite Mr. Watkins' door, en his hands awl face: had some knowledge of the prisoner's person, and believed the man he so saw to be hint. He cot up. how ee er, immediately, and run oft, so that witoess had not a distinct view of his person. It appeared to hint as if he had conic out of the first fluor window. Thoma: Moon. a c listable of St. Geori!c's, Ilanover-square, pro duced a Ind avid pair i'f pi .to!s whie!i bi en delivered to him on the night of the murder ; they had heen piclxed up in his pr eseuce, one in the trout and the other in the back room. The pistols were small pocket pistols, somewhat similar to those used by Bellingham in the murder of Mr. Perceval. Thonris Chapman, hatter, of Old Bond-street, deposed, that in the month of June last the pri,oner purchased of him a hat, the same he believed now produced. The prisoner then told him that he was paying his addresses to a younk lady in Mount•street, and asked witness's opinion respeetine her : did not recollect the young lady's name although the prisoner mentioned it. This was the whole *of the evidence adduced. Sir N. Conant then addressed the prisoner, and observed, that the eviden.7e against hint was of a nature Co clear and conclusive in every p . trtictilar, that it was his duty to commit him for trial at the ensuing Old Bailey Mec%ions, which would take place in September next Ai nOthliW which he (priso ler) could thou sa y cou ld d o hi m any service, he wr ul I advise him to reserve any thing which he might wish to urge in his defence till the day . 4 4. trial. The worthy Magistrate then delivered to the prisoner a Bill of Exchange which had been found in his possession on the day of his being taken into custody. This bill was drawn in favour ofthe . prisoner for 351. and was dated in 1313 ; upon roceiving it, he tore it with great coolness, and threw the pieces on the aqui. He was Iben conducted frow 523 • .._ . • the bar, ironed, and sent to Nevigate. 114 , Jul not utter one word in extenuation of i iv crime. The prisoner in appearance was plain and neat. He was dresred i” a Hack coat a„d kerse Inert' breeches, and lone gaiter--; his shoes were much worn, and it-is supposed he had walked from London to the place of his apprehension. %% hen tak en h e h a d no mom) . in his posses s ion. On his Journey to town he said but little, and seemed wholly wrapped in the contemplation of his awful situation. On being first introduced to the office and recognised by the sister of the deCeaaed, that lady, aa.well as the others present, were so much affected, as to be obliged to retire. Upon the whole the prisoner did not seem very deeply impressed with the precari., ous situation in which he stands. Tietritst Langridge, the driver of a hackney Coach, was summoned before Mr. Birnie, charged with driving over George Pontm, an infant child. in Blackman-street._ Mr. Richard Norris, of Swon-yard, Blackman-street, stated, that he saw the defendant's coach coming slowly along, and at the came time obscrved the child crossing the stre I, the defendant struck at the child with his whip. and the intent in endeavoming to avoid the blow fell under the wheel of the. coach which went over him. The defendant denied having seen the child, or havine any kte wledge whatever of the wheel passing over him. The Magistrate highly reprobated the defendant's comiuct, and ordered hint to find b , til to answer the complaint at the Sessions. 'WysTE toys Cr lICUM ST NC E.—A fine boy, the son of Mr. Rainiest. in Piccadilly, was on Sunday evenine last missed from his pareness house. It was known that he had gAte to the Park. and he was ex. pected home at eight o'clock ; not returning at nine, his parents became *thrived, mid went in search of him. Their pursuit, however, was ineffeened ; lie could not he found ; and although every means were taken to obtain intt•llioence of hint, he remained undiscovered till Wed. nesday evenine. when his father obtained a transient view of him, in a very genteel earrinee, in Hyde Park. He immediately pursued the vehicle. called on the coachman to stop, and his request being cons plied with, he opened the door, and in an instant his child was in his arms. i lad v, who was in the carriaee. immediately handed out her card, and desiird the coachman to drive on. A crowd assembled round the enraptured father, and in the hearing of many of the by standers; the boy said he had been decoyed by the lady into her car riage, about the same hour on Sunday, and and Leen driven to a fine house, a short distance from tont]; but where, exactly, lie could not lie was treated by th•• lady with great kindness. but she peremp torily refused, as he entreated her, to send him home. The card, on examination. proved to be blank ; but whether • this was intended, or accident, it is impossible to say. The boy is only eight years of age, and is remarkably handsome. The Fanny arrived with two other ships at Poole, on Sun day, from Cherbourg, which she left on Saturday night. brings a report, that through the whole of Saturday Cher bourg was in the greatest confusion, owing to the Act of State, permitting the free exportation of corn. A person named Robbins, having made large purchases for shipment to this country, the people rose, and proceeded to acts of ex treme violence. Regiments of soldiers had been called out before the Fanny sailed, to quell the riot, but it was quite ineflectual ; the riot continued when the ships sailed.—The following extract of a letter from Portsmouth, gives further particulars:--" We regret to mention that the excess of the popular feeling against this country, 'which has been at all times manifest among the lower Classes of the Ft ench nation, burst forth with considerable violence on Saturday evening at Cherbourg, on the occasion of some vesels being about to depart for this port. A report was spread that the vessels co''ained Train, and on that supposition the canaille broke a-board, and finding nothing but sheep and horned cattle, they ill treated the crews, and hoisted the sheep on shore again, with the m,st considerable number of the Cows. The military then interfered, and suppressed the rising feelings of the momentarily increasing mob, which resounded with cries of " Vive Sacre les Anglois."—.-The Falcon, Brighton Packet, was also boarded, and sttipped in the same tumultuous manner. Private Accounts from Paris state, tbat attempts have really been made to assassinate the King. A