The National Register. — London, England, 1812-08-30 00:00:00

~..r,.r 5 .`' t 2 Coles, Cotton, t eith, and Alten. are among the wounded. Several of the English reOments were cut to pieces. The loss suffered by the English army ssi weakened it, that it was not able to prevent the French from regaining their former positions, in which they are wilting reinforcements. Our army has brought with it all its artillery and havace. On the 24th, the English cavalry wished to attack our rear, where tl e 59th regiment of the line was placed. This brave regiment firmly ve,ned the charge, and repulsed the enemy, who retired with a consi tle .ble loss in men and horses. NV , are assured, that in this charge, Cien-ral Cott n, Commander in Chief of the cavalry, was wounded. Many pr digies of about were perform ed in these ditTerent actions. Among many other traits of herokn, is mentioned that of a French officer of the 11.2. th regiment, w ho, having personally attacked an Englishman who carried a flag, took it in cutting oil his arm. Since its arrival on the Douro, the French army has been daily for tifying itself, and receiving reinforcements from N'ittoria and Madrid. THE NATIONAL RFGIsTFR. CORUNNA PAPERS. Acc. 17. —Yesterday evening arrived the post from Castile, with letters from that province. In general the intelligence they communicate is very favourable. Our troops are advancing to wards Madr►d. sonic by one way and some by another, and by all ways pursue and attack the enemy. According to letters from Potes, Senor Mendizabel was on the in Castro, pursuing the operations agreed upon. Senor Santocildes is doing the samr. From the united opera tions we expect the most happy rezalts in the cour,e of this month. FROM THE GIBRALTAR CHRONICLE OF JULY 25. - - -- - The enemy, availing themselves of General ilallasteros'z , absence, re-appeared in the neighbourhood of the Rock, en the night of Sunday last, to the number of from 4 to 5,000 men, commanded by General Villat, and have ever since continued at Los Barrios, demanding ra tions at Roche and Algesiras. and driving or carrying to Medina all th ! cattle and grain thty can find in the adjacent country. On their approarliing Alge-iras the day before yesterday, they were fired upon from the Bay, but this did not prevent them capturing a detachment of 118 invalids, who were proceeding from that town by land to Ta riffa. Prince de Anglonos de Viieon is in the vicinity of the last men tioned place The other two divisions of the fourth Spanish Army, one under the command of General Ballasteros t and the other under the Marquis Cuevas, are at Yunquera. An action is reported to have taken place between them and the French, and an order to have been sent to Caceres, to get 1000 beds ready' for the Spanish wounded. By the latest accounts that have reached' the garrison, Generals Leval and Rey occupied Cour Monda, and the environs, with 6000 men, and General Courroux was marching towlirds Ardulis, with Sumo. PROVINCIA L ASV: E.S', CHESHIRE. The trial of John Lomas, for the murder of his master, George Mintrey, farmer, of Hankelow, and Edith Morrey, wife.of the said G. lliflrev, for aiding nod assisting him in the said murder. Hannah Evans said she lived servant with the decea ed in the month of April last ; Edith Morrey was wife to the deceased; Lornas was also his Set the deceased had five children, three of whom slept in the same 700 M with her; she went through the deceased's room to her own, which was on the ground floor. Lomas slept in a room over the kitchen, and the other two children with him. On the night of the Ilth of April remembered her master coming home ; she went to bed abcut I'l o'clock, and saw her master and mistress go into their rtom ; about two she was awok-, heard a great noise, and two or three bl , ows struck, which appeared to be in her master's room ; she atter wards heard more blows and two groans,when she got out of be:l. The • prisoner (her mistress) came into her room, put out the candle, and ltdd her she must nos make a noise, for there were murderers in the house. They then went into the kitchen, where she lighted a candle, and went by her mistress's desire to call Lomas; he appeared to be fast asleep ; she called him twee, and said he must get up. as there were murderers in the house ; he told her to leave the c andle, and he would follow her down. Witness and Lomas then went to call one &try Spode, who live.t a short distance from the house ; the I risoner Lomas said, it was very dangerous going out, and appeared to be much frightened. When morning came, she examined the floor, ant round PeVerli soots of blood ; she likewise obsery d blood on the stairs lead ing from her master's room to Lomas's. On her cross-ex,minat ion, she saki, that she had been in bed about an hour before she heart the ;noise. Her mistress ordered her and Lomas to go and :dorm the neighboui flood ; 'lever observed any unkindness between her mister and rmsttess ; nor ever saw her mistress behave to Lomas otherwise than as to a :servant. Her master and mistress were laughing before they went to bed. MTG. 30. • Thomas Timinis tot he was t t ; •• ••• e e the house or the di:et-Ise:I at aoote halt east two. St(10.! a fe w minutes in the room wesere Mrs Money wa- sittmg a eleer,ll(., thel ins; her apron to her head He the .. %vent into ti.e room where deceased lay dead on the floor, with i.„ him, hist, and ,ae(L theio.e fl:r for d.s c , , a ) , : e . a re l d es w l i a t f i t i hand under his head, an axe lyine blood ; his throat was cut from ear to ear. John Moors stated, that he went to the deceased's house, and on his way there Lomas told hint lie thought his m toet w kit d. (Milli Mrs. M Irey and her children satin}; round the fire. He alc for a lighted candle, and went into the raom, where ne tame I :tie were, as stated by former witness. He asked Mis. Morre) it ails. suspected any body ; she answered no. He then examined the lent. and teund that it was tastened with a nail over the latch. Mrs. Metrey said, she suppo-ed somebody had followed him front North rich, whine he had been at a e eelcioe. Thomas Hal . , another witnes• , perceived blood on Lomas's smock. frock ; and on examining the house, found blood on the floor, whisk he traced into the hack kitchen, aid up stairs into the re: m \share L••mus lai . He then secured Loma-, and Mr. Groo asked him for the key of his box. lie reeled, no constable had a right to loek ieto his box When witness see up stairs a. aie, he saw Mrs Moire) tke sonic kind of linen, and throw it n the tiaor, her hack was tow„.ds hint; Mr. Groom pi. ked up a shirt off s'in'e bags in Lomas's room, here she had throwe it. H asked Lomas was that hi , shirt, he said it was; it was marked svith blood about the wrists. He saw Lentas stripped ; he had a -.lean shirt on, and Mr Groom turgid his coat inside out; in the inside there imptstred mile:. blood. leomas said it was his shirt, am! he had \stun it all last week. The bureau in the parlour was open, hut did nut appear to have been breken open._ There were two small patches 01 Wood on the sheets, which were taken into the told. '1 here was a hex by Lomas's bed-side; Mr. Morrey had broken the lid of r. lie too;: out a waistcoat ail bloody, and asked Lomas was it his ; he said it was, and enquired if they knew where it was found. John Groom was called on the marning of the murder, and went to the house of ti.e deceased He searched the d frireet lodging-houses in tile neighbourhood, to seek IA - sus. kiwis persons, hit: iound none: he then rethreed, and exami err the parlour door, hut no violence appeared He leoked at the desk, was not present when the contents were taken rem ; the lock was loose, and two screw• taken out, one of which he found in the desx ; the milt of the lock was shut ; found a chissel amidst some papers, as it placed regularly. He asked which way the thieves came in, Mrs. M . said at the front door. He in. quired did she see any: one, she answered no, but she heard a noise, and thought it was in the childrens' room, on which she went in amongst them. William Dooley took Lom is into custody ; questioned, him about the bloody shirt, when he said he had worn it the week before, when he bled the calves and the mare. Witness told hint he had Con victed himself by that; he said, " I have." Saw him searehed,when a razor sheath was found in his pocket. The razor was found in a pit, where the prisoner told witeess he had thrown it ; there was a little blood on the handle, and two hairs on the steel of it. James Morrey, brother to the deceased, was called up about two o'clock in the morning. Lomas was one who came to call him, who sael that his master was muotered, and that 1501. was stolen out of the desk in bills. When witness came to the house, lie found Mrs. M. sitting by the fireside ; she told him, she thought they had followed him home, and nehrderad hen Lomas wnt ant put the nail in the door, and shook it out again, to shew him how they got iw. Mrs. M. told wit ness she theueht he had been bragging about his limey, and they had followed him home. and murdered him ; witness examined the r elk next day, and found 2s. a check upon Nantwieh bank for 1201. and his brother's watch. John Beals ' surgeon, saw the deceased, and examined his h ead ; found several fractures, which he described ; thought the blows were given by some heavy instrument, he thought to be an axe. The wound in the throat was sufficient to cause his death. On Sunday he was called to attend Mrs. Morrey ; he found her lying upon the floor, with a large wound in her neck, produced by sonic sharp instrument; sewed it up and dressed it. She told him on Monday, that Lomas had said, that he was up three times in the night before to murder her husband. iffiam Hall, constable of Hankelow, was on Sunday morning at the house of the deceased ; saw Mrs. Morrey sitting by the fire. He told her he was (otne to take her into custody ; sat two or three yards from her; about three minutes after she dropped from her seat, and her throat was cut by a razor, which lay by her side. Elizabeth Brcreton stated, that she nig:tired of Mrs. Morrey, why thee were taking Lemurs, when she said she would swear he was no more guilty than she, and that he was asleep in his bed. The . IVAGE, in t' c most. impressive manner, addressed the Jury, who, without retiring gave a verdict of guilty against both the pri soners. The Judge then passed the awful sentence of the law upon them. After' sentence the Counsel threw in a plea of pregnancy for Mrs. Morrey, on which a jury of M :trolls was immediately selected out of the Court to examine her. who steted, that to their opinion, she was tram three to five months :ewes Limas was ord.o - ed fur cx cation. ju4ment, respited on Edith Mot rev, until after her delivery.