The National Register. — London, England, 1809-09-17 00:00:00

SEPT. IY. Wright; carpenter ' of Mile End, with whom the deceas ed had lodged for opwards of two years, was examined as to the state of tbe mind of the deceased, preiious to the melan choly affair.. He described him as having been collecting clerk to an eminent brewer in that neighbourhood; that he was* %Mom, er with three children, the eldeit about eight years old--that his ,age was twenty-uine---that his wife had died in child-bed peat ly two years and a half ago. Since that time his .mind had been in a low desponding state, so much so, that he frequently, on his return home' at night, would retire to his hed-coanfaad shed tears for an hour or two ; at *other times he would exclaim--" Oh, Mrs. Wright, 1 have pet ,ife; I have no comfartable home, what Ahall I do, what will become Of' my children." `.Mr. Wright declared, that he had no doubt in his own mind that the unhappy gentleman's malady' Ita,ti increases!; he had.been' to Margate, and returned to town on the Sunday eveuilgrevi... ous to his death. • • • A gentleman lo the profession of the law, who was, greatly affected by his feelings, beinga friend to the relative to whom the letter found was atidrissed; stated the substance of that let- - ter, which recommended his children to his kind protection when the writer should be no more, and 4eclaratory of his de serminatiou •not to exist any linger," as life war become a bar then. . • The Brother-in-law of the deceased, in great agitation, stat ed, that on several occasions when at his house the deceased had' exhibited• Very strong symptoms of a dkUisiered mind ; that his. Melancholy was so great it was impossible to rouse him, or to re-: cal his recollectivefaculties. ' • It further appetved (in answer to several qiestions put by the Jurymen), that he was rather emharrased in his private pe cuniary codeerns,' but that his accounts with his employers were !Clear:tut! gorrect ; that he bad received assistance from bis bras-• Aber, but that .the great cause far despondency, and which ope. rated most powerfully on his feelings, was the loss of a beloved And affectionate wife, that at length, perhaps; in a A l iment of complete mental 'derangement, the unfortunate Gentleman rushed into the presence of bis Creatqr. The Coroner (Mr. Ge 11) observed to the Jury, that if they were satisfied with . the . evicfeaci they must find a verdict of Lunacy. Several of the Jurymen were of a different opinion, and then it.hecame necessary fur Mr. Gell to coiled each one's opinion, when out ofsixteen persons itnpannelled, nine of them con:ider- • ed that the unfortutnite Gentle-Men had committed self-murder, and seven that he was in a state of mental derangement when be put an end to his existence. The majority of two, therefore, niade it imperative on the COroner to record a verdict of Self- Juni - tier, or Feta de se. In consequence or this verdict, of course, the unfortunate Gentleman was interred without the pale of the church, in un saneti tied ground! SW LINIpt.INp SET Tp Muste.—A country looking-man lately called at a haberdasher's shop, with a fiddle under his aril; and after purchasing and paying fur some trifling article whic ti he pretended to want, asked to he ollowpd to leave his purchase and his fiddle, till he did some other business through the town. * had scarcely gone when in comes no neconaplice•(as it turned out), who:observing the fiddle takes it up and tries it, and is Otte charmed With it. " This is the most charming fiddle 1 have ever met with ; is it for sale ?—l'd give fifty guineas for that fiddle." He was told it was not for sale, but belonged to a countryman who had just left it there tilt he should make some other calls.--:" When he comes back for it, try and buy it from him—make the best bargain with him you can for yourself. but whatever yott buy it at, I promise to give you fifty guineas for it, and will call again by and by." By and, by back comes the countryman for his fiddle: " Will you part with that fiddle," says the haberdasher, " I have taken a fancy for it ?"—The man answered, he had no intention of parting with his fiddle, hr knew it to he a very good one, and did not know if he could get such another. " I'll give you fifty shillings for it," said the haberdasher. " No, no. " Five guineas for it." said , the haberdasher. I'll not take twenty," said the cOnntry Man.--Iu short; after a deal of chapinanship, the haberdasher gbt the fiddle at forty guineas; and a happy man was he, as }Waking he had made ten guineas by the bargain. But he has been allowed tq keep the fiddle, to solace him-elf for the loss of Otis money. The fifty-guinea merchant never returned. On Sunday evening as Alt. _Cooley, of the Pavement, Moor .w4ireturqing oriborseback from Edmouton.owing to the ; aarkness of t ha-flight, he came ik contact with the chaise of Mr, bishop; the shafts of which penetrated l his body,. He was . . flol 0)4 to th e iitOst house ; oltepded by o Cloticmou of.. be Faculty. He however died a few hours after in the greatest tagony.—Coroner's Inquest-diecidental Dedil4. Last Saturday morning two 'fine boys, Apparently not more than six months old, supposed to be twins, were left at the door of .a gentleman resid login the aeighbourhood of Battersea. The little foundlings were discovered by the gardener, fast asleep, carefully wrapped, up lohlankets, . less neat cradle, a4d, Navin with them aqaataity alines) ofditrerent descriptions. Wednesday night, about eleven o'clock, as Mr. Holt, Serge," was returnincin his gig to his haute Ott .Walwortb with his wife and itifaut, owieg to'a kap of .gravel being in the road near tbs. Asylum, St. Georges Fields, without a light, the horse fell, overturued the chaise, and very seriously hurt Mrs. Holt. It id notoriouslhat several accidents have happened from theAlsata 'inramous negligence. Female, of pastel appears we, bas.been too , successful ist obtaining access to the parlours apd drawing-rooms of several re spectable families in diderent . parts of th e town . 'rhenium sh e . has adopted k to 'knock at the door with some considerable con. sequence, and to inquire Waite master or mistress is at bonne (wilts whose name and residence she appears very familiar). On being answered in . tbe negative, she ;streets to he extremely disappoint. and reqnests, ei she has had a long and very fatiguing walk, • that the sefvaut would permit her to sit down, and favour her with a glass of table beer: While the servant is gone to tha• cellar,,she is looking tar .the spoil. intimate frieudship or kelAtion .the family, is always professed, ,and as she is sir much fatigued, and so extremely disappoii t ted by her friend being Out, she solicits the servants to indulge her with a cup of. Jets. If, daring all this time, Opportunity has not served a', cleat the Artw.ers of the side-board, or visit the Lady's b e d- room , which she much wishes to do alone. it has answered her purpose to state that the mistress (her relatimi) bad promised to lend her untie table iptions, rite. as she was going to have company . ; and the poor unsuspecting servant fearing 10 disoblige her mistress's supposed relation, bas absolutely been prevailed uposi topart with her master's plate. This trick has been played of in severalAmilies within this few weeks, and the visit has ge.' nerally heen .made on .the Sunday afterunou, when there is. greater probability of .sttcess. J. T. RIGGVS celebrated MAGNETIC RAZOR TABLET, saactioqejl br the special approbation of his Royal Righ.tesli the Peince of Wales, haft beets proved a most valuable acquisiiiou toeimil•isianal Gentlemen ia the Navy au. Army, as it is exceedingly portable, and is so decisively effective upon a Ras° edge, that It Is impossible t. exceed the icutenesit pr tduced by its use; iv" rapidity of action is beyond the power of dtscriptioa. Th e mat ure e the talks produced by this Tablet enables the operator to liy the razor nearly flat oa the skin, an advantage which infallably prevents the too frequent accident of cutting the face. id order to protect the publit.. from docaption i aaah Tablet will be sold with the proprietor's signature, J. 'l'. Rig;e, and unmbered in red ink, at hi. Warehouses, AI, Park•street, Grosvenor-square, and 65, Cheapside. price TR. ed.; also by regularly appointed agents in every city midtown In the Unite* liing4olll THE NATIONAL REGISTER. DIED. Saturday, the 2d inst. aged 39, William Barrett, of Siete,. m •re, Essex, whose death was ocra.ioned by the poisonous effects ',f the Cotrthe Feciier, or Map e d. w hich introduced it self Litnthe system at a wound in his hand. Oa Wednesday night, an 01 , 1 men of the nem- of Langford, , in possession of a bankrupt's house, in qieen-street. Cheapsi4e, after retiring to bed, came demon is his shirt, f fling out that he was a dead man; and, though every assistance wAs bins, he died in less than ten !Wattles. LLOY LISP. The Core a. Mahar, from Liverpool to Cadiz, is on shore in Carunss Bey, and full of tater. The Hope, Jones, from LI verpeol, has fallen over on her beans ends, eimic DO lin Light House. and is full of wafer. 'the &Minnie, Murray, from Lisbon to London, wan taken off the Needles ea • Thursday by a French lugger privateer, retaken by the Christian the wit rirrlved at Portsmouth The Minerva, Swainsen, from Portsmouth to Malta. is lost near Falmouth. The Deminica, -, put hack to St. Kitt's, 11Sih July, leaky. The Agamesnuon man of war was teat iu the Rives Plate abtut the ifOib June. The Frade, from Pillars. is tabet, carried into Copenhagen, and caw, demned. The Halifax, May. from Sicily to Gibraltar, is capturod by a French ptivatmg, and carried Into Algiers. The Charlotte, Nlcolai, from Dublin to Plymouth, foundered at sea, The Master and one man saved. The Lion, Bruce, from Dublin to Quebec, was on shore near Dendrnm, nit • Tim Kitty. Shore, from Loudon to Gottenlmrs, is captured by Om Dans% Tb Sreiptteil t barge, Clever, frcnt Acanthi to Landon, is loarnear Arsigidt