The National Register. — London, England, 1815-07-30 00:00:00

JI'LY SO 10! ACCIDENiIi AND OFFENCES'. ly a most savage mnrcler was committed nt Clonoulty fair, In Ireland, on one Leahy, formerly one of the High Coreaables. There Vitt been a riot in the fair, ist ich war quelled by the exertions of the ale, e under the continued of Mr. Wilson (stationed in Tharles. under the Peace Preservation Bill, to preside over the of K rar i, and E;hagsrty), and the Police going away. Leahy airdieetruistely o * ( 4am/outled them oat of the fair. but had proceeded a very short way „ b ra u a s tollowe,l ny a man, who inveigled then back, under the pretence of paying i.i: money, which he owed to Leahy, and as the unfortunate man aparoached the lair-place he was attar-Led by i mat rolule of savalles, who pat an end to him almost instantly ; thee pounded blest in such u w,ty as scarcely to leave him the remains of human ap. potvr,,nce ; and killed the horse he rode on in a manlier 'finally savage.. 'j hr only assignable reason for this shoc}iirg and savage murder was hi, p•••orupatis ice the police. A scene of great scandal occurred afterwards wl i ro I:Ar corpse Wu nil jra way through 'fourlea he interment ; in the oitct:t day, the two parties--one of the wife, and the i.ther of the de re ~ecl' s relations, came to a fair battle hi the street of that town, for the pare of interment. Mr. Wilson ordered out the Police to seize the tineleaders, when the entire of the concourse fled, leaving the coffin in t4le street. and with such precipitation that it burst open, and exhibited t he dispistin spectacle of Lealtv's w ingled carcase. Mr. Wil.nit hail i t immediately ridaced, the eet4n nailed, and the body interred in the c Hrcli-yard al Tliedes, to the discutufit.tre of both parties. We hiesday an Inquest sat before A. G eta., F.sq. at the Green Cost Roy, Tethitl.fields, on the body of James Campbell, an Half-pay Officer, and formerly holding a commission in the Gershon Legion, who cut his clung c tdotaday morning, in Tuthill-fields The deceased had lodged for nearly two years with Mrs. Strachan, Cross u and Anchor, Five Fields, Chelsea, and on Saturday he /barged with having robbed her to a very considerable eetent. Clarke, a coestab!e, apprehended hint, and at the time of his apprehension. a good dal of the sti.len property was fount or tractd. In his roan were tw:nty-seven botaies of spirits, linen, and in his pocket' the Amplicates of two silver watches, all which property had been stoles cram Mrs. S. After the less of the watches, which were thus traced to him, he land the hardihood to advertize them. On being taken, he said "He was done tar now 1" On Sitrokay he talked a good deal, and very rationally, with A.exander Julian hlarcelot, another prisoner, (i Monday morning, he borrowedra razor, tor the purpose ot shaving honsell, and abaut two hours afterwards he was found dead in an out. hause, with his throat cut. No other act of insanity was adduced, hut, as in addition to the charge of robbery, a bill of 1001. of a very criestionable composition, was hanging over his the Jury. after some division ot opinion, concluded that his distresses hart produced derangen.ent, and returned a verdict of Lunacy. A c D•cious Roanse.- 7 -'4esterctsy morning, about three o'clock, as Mr. Ramsford, of Itenaarniu-street, Holborn, was returning from Vauxhall Gardens, acconipaided by his wife and daughter; on foot, they were overtai;,eu near the Stars by two em lemen elegantly dressed, who appeared as if they had just quitte i the kird‘ns. Oetc of them accosted Mr. Ramsford in a most 'patio marine', and told hire they had been unfortunate at play the evening before, and must mane good the losses. He requested the ladies would nor be alarmed, and dewed Mr. R. would give up his packet-hriok, and no violence iyob.l.l tie used towards him or his companions. This recricq wAs Lain' ked with : purse and pocket-book were given up with their c , intent , , amounting to about five 'faunas. ,Orie of them then re quest- d Miss R. to gime him a gold chain which she had round her ne k, and having received it, hearing a carriage approacb'ng, times bowed,and wishing the party a good morning, retreated duwo larooke. atreet with their booty. 1101,10 E, H ATTO N GARDEN. At.ArtittNe RIOT AND DII.TURAAN.Ct AT MR. Twaura's IN . CNANC::a T—L. AN Z. —• 011 TillifSthy Wm. Gardircr, a waiter out o f pktee, who lived last at the wine-yaults corner of Fleet-street and Fleet-rntrker, and %%kn. Turley, journeyman to Mr. Adamson, pas try-co, k, 41, Fleet-street, were brought up horn the watch hottsetor examination, charged with committin4 a most wanton and alarming riot and disturba , xe in Chance-v-lan-. on the preceding lyitia an intent to d:itioy the house of Mr. Oliver Turner, law stationer, and murder him and family, and with tusaulting the police officers stationed there for the protection of the house. Mr. Turner, Mr. Reader, and several gentlemen from that neigh bourhood attended, and represented the great danger Mr. Turner and tan.l4 w:re in, from an infuriated mob of several hundred persons a.sembled in front of Mr. Turner's house, for the purpose f pulling it dow . n, and murdaing him and family; and that It was to the vigt -11:1;:e and activity of the police offl-ers they owed ;heir safety, It appeared that. on IA e;luestlay evening, after the body of Eliz t .1';:1;I:Ilg(wilo was executed .that tuorning, found guilty of attempt, 1:1; . ; :5 polio:a the fant 7 ly of 4114 . , Turir,r) wa4 iC:IIjVC:t Iruiii Novgitj TS' to the house of her father in tile neighbourhood of Gray's Inn-lane. the moll, on whom it was strongly impressed that she stiff:red lr no eently, and that Mr. Turner contributed to it by swear-in,: away her life, and refusing to sign her Petition to the Prince Rege , t tor a re. prievc, began to assemble in great numbers in front of his house in Chancery-lane, cryiug out, " This is the house, let 'is pull it ifewn," This and such cries causa l the assemblage to increase, The Police Officers were sent for, and about nine o'clock, W,' Reed, jun. W. ThistLton, C. Brown, J. Limbrick. and C. Virgin, trout this Office, and S. Lack, from Bow-street, attended, and exerted thetwelves to th:perqe the crowd, which' at that time greatly ex. c:vt!ed one _thousand persons, and who were pelting :he wlndo%vs wit h mud and dirt; .whilst some cried our," Pull it down ! Pull it down !'' 'they put straiv on the palisadoes in front of the house, to distin. Knish it from the other houses. Tltc Officers pulled out their stare/ and exerted tbcinselves peaceably to disperse the mob, but to no pur. pose. The cry of " This is the house of the murderer ! pull it down 1 ." was vociferated iro:n s:veral per..ons, amongst whore the prisoner, Wm. Gardiner, was one of the most active and conspico. nos, instigating the owl) to acts of violence. The ()Meets, tempting to disperse the mob, were pelted, and received several blows. The pri,oner, Wm. Gardiner, having struck W. Theselton, he • woe secured by the other officers, who, with The assistance of the petiole and constables, conveyed him to t:agle-arrest house. _ _ Tim prisoner Turley, followed them haranguing the mob, and en. couraging them to rescue th it companion twin the blood-hounds, and nut sufiCr him to be locLed up ; a party of the o ffi cers succeeded in securing him also, and placed him in she watch-hciuse, The 014 cal returned imineiliately afterwards to Chancery-lane, where the nip* were still collected in treat numbtrs, but by the activity of di r e . officers, who kept patrolling up and down the street 40; tweiya o'clock at night, the crowd (a great part of whom appeared to bs assembled out of idle curiosity) dispersed, and peace was restored. On Mr. Adamson passing his wont tor the appearance of his Our. ? neyman, Turley, on a future day, if required, he was reprimanded and discharged a and Wm. Gardiner, fur absaultengrhe °dicers iu thy execution of their duty, and also with creating a riot and disturbance s was committed, for want of bail, to take his trial at the Sessions . . Thentob continued to assemble on Friday and yesterday in Chap • eery-lane. UNION HALL, Ci.EANSINC TUE STAXErS.---The ofkice yesterday was crcwded to excess, in consequence of no less than forty-one disorderly women be, ing brought up, in custody of May, Heron, and other constable: { who had been actively employed on the preceding night, and had se, cured the prisoners, a inotly groupe r of all ages aO.l descriptiow, from fifteen to fifty, in various parts of the Borough. The overseers of t sq several parishes attended,as dill 31so a nuinber of the respectable inlia)fitants, and stoe4, tltat the nuisance arising from these unfor, tui/ite wretches infesting the streets was arrived at so great a height, atat it was impossible for arty respectable tepnale to venture out after dark, but at the risli of having their eyes or ears 0/leaded by in recent actions and obscene linguage. The inigi.trare, Mr. Serjeant commented on the ciiiimce of the prisoners, and corrta?ifted nein tg hard labour in the house of correction for fourteen days as ro :WS and vagrants ; and they ware immediately marched to in couples, some dressed in the first sty le of fashion, and (niters in the most wretcherii garb misery could assume, in custody of the ofii;ers, to the pla_cf their confinement. )11 At WI; Lordsbip's house ia 4erLeley-iquarc, the Countess of Seri Ney, of a son. MARRIED ).'esterday, by special licence, Alfred Cops, EN- to Xiss, Gardi r ner &nighty'. of Mr. Gardiner, of Utihritlge. Wetineulay la%t, at toe Friends' Meeting Hoa , e, Northampton, Mr Jame , ' Pearson, merchant, to Miss Al.atlia Lloyd, tiallgkter ut Mr. Charles Lloyd, banker, both Birmingham, DIED, On Tuesday, the inth, Mark Blown, F,tgq. ef Donstable, aged 71. On Sunday last, at Ilath.row, near Birmingham, after a very short illness, the Kev. Dr. J 041112 'rottlmin, one of tke Pastors of the Cangrvgation of Thiitarians in that town, formerly under the care of Dr. Priestley, Dr. Tottlntin was well - known . us the Ratline of many respectable theological walks, liistotical, practical, and controversial; anti in him an hot,est zeal fur %%hat be believed to be the Clatisititu limb, was happily combined with thy most to affected piety, the most amiable simplicity, and the most dithisi‘e he l iev u , knee. L. 10,0 41. d L 30,000. HORNSBY and Co. are selling, Ticisets and Sh..ies. Warranted ['n drawn, for the above valuable Cliam:cs, which mutt be draw.. oil TUESDLAY NEXT ; beSidCa TWO rtlZe.) Of 1.1,001, and Four of t.O Guinimit ; als9. LIUQ 1.5 I, .;,L. at :I:tr s:..itc Lottery Office, No. 6, Coa:.ou.L, N I