The National Register. — London, England, 1822-08-12 00:00:00

about tea o'clock. Between 11 and ►2 o'clock Miss Watson was alarmed by the screams of her servant in as adjoining room. She immediately got up, and was approaching the room, when she was seined by a ruffian, wbo demanded her moues, and on the instead stabbed her in the left arm with an iustrumeut like a bayonet. Tht; greatly alarmed, she had self possession enough to observe that in the maid's room there were two other mew, one of whom was !yin upon the poor creature, as if holding her down. The ins bad candles, and she could see that her tit loss weltering in her blood. Her own appearance attracted the observation of the other men. Sonic sculling ensued, and the wines want out. In the scuffle the 'proisecutrii received several blows can the bead mid face. One of the ruffians went down stairs, and procuring a light, they all proceeded to rifle the house, and carried off the articles esc•ltooed in the indictment. The female servant deposed, that, between H and 12 o'clock, she was awoke oat of her sleep by three men, who 'lmbed into her room with can dles in their bands. They were timed with a abort sword and a bayonet. She jumped up in bed, and *creamed as loud as she could. One of them immediately struck her a violent blow on the head with a sword, which inflicted a deep wound, and then jumped upon her and pressed her down on the bed, with so much weight, as to break one of her ribs. To prevent her from screarnieg he thrust his hand into her mouth, pinched her tongue, end knocked out cue of her teeth. Whilst she was in this situation her mistress Cause to the door, and then they left her without further molestation. Both herself and her mistress was cuotiued to their beds for a fortnight alter. It ap. peered that ibe assailants had entered the house by r hack win dew, which they led fenced. Some day a after, a man named G. Turner, r disbauded soldier, was taken up on suspicion of being • participator iu the outrage, and he confessed the fact, and imp;irated the other prisoners, who were immediately taken lap. The principal witness, therefore, to support the ease for tlic prosecution was the approver, who deposed that he, Tilly, and Bernell, bad agreed on the 16th of Apia, to go on the 16th to Miss Watson's house, and commit the burglary. They ar rived at the house at 11 o'clock. He waited in front of the house, whilst the others broke in the hack war, which having done, they opened the front door and let him in. According to his statement be took no part in the violence inflicted upon the maid-servant, but swore that niter she had been wounded by Barnett, be jumped upon the bed te'prevent further violence, and besought the others not to hurt her any more. In this respect he was flatly contradicted by the old woman berself, who deposed, Butt there was hut one man on the bed, sad that that man, whoever ►e was, had cut her, brake one at her ribs, pinched her tongue, and forced out her teeth. The accomplice denied all this, and said he had merely inter posed from motives of humanity. In collateral parts of the statement, however, the accomplice was confirmed by several witnesses. The burglars, previously to their entering the house, hail disguised their features with some red and white powder, to guard against detection. After they had effected the robbery they met the other prisoner, Henry Leggatt, by previous con- Len, at about half a mile from the house, with a cart and horse, and to him they delivered the gun, which was part of the plunder. Tile prisoners strenuously denied their guilt, and insisted that the accomplice was perjured. The Lord Chief Justine summed op the whole of the case for the Jury, pointing out to their eiteution the descripancy the evidence of the female servant and the accomplice, with respect to the violence committed upon the former, but left it to them to say whether the rest of his story was entitled to credit, conflated as it was in soy collateral points by the tes timony of many credible witneses. The Jury found all the prisoners Guilty—Death. CIVIL SIDE. SPECIAL JURY.—THE KING IL DANIEL. nil was a customs information against the defendant, for assaulting a custom boose officer in the ekecutioo of his duty. Tbedefendant pleaded guilty, and it was understood he would not be called up for judgment. JOHN 11131.1.eit, MI. V. RANDALL. This was an action of trespass for breaking and entering the plaintiff's preserves, and destroying his game after notice. The plaintiff is a gentleman of some celebrity, ■aid formerly bad the honour of representing this county in Parliament ; and the defendant is a geotleman farmer, residing in the plaintiff's neighbourhood, in the parish of Dallington. Notice had been served opun the defendant in December, Ih2o, not to trespass upon the plaintiff's preserves, in consequence of imputed acts of aggression on peevious occasions. 'three distinct acts of trespass were now proved to have taken place after the notice, namely, in October, November, and December, last year. On one occasiou he had pursued a bare from his own land to that of the intiff, and there bagged bis game ;on another be sent his duo into the plaintiff's p , and killed a rabbit on a private road of big own, which traversed the plaintiff's soil ; and on the third he was with his dogs on the plaintiff's land' but no game was killed. Mr. gurney, for the defeadast, contended. that the plaintiff was entitled merely to uornitial damages. The defendant in the kl CllOl9ll of sport had accideutally trespassed cattle plaintiff's land, which adjoined his own, and certainly never meant to insult the plaintiff by a wanton trespass, as was very frequently the practice on such occasions. There was therefore no ground fur soy thing more than nominal damages. Mr. justice Park charged the Jury, that they most certainly find their verdict for the plaintiff, bat told them that it was only a case for nominal damages. The Jury retired for about three quarters of an hour, and returned their verdict for the plaiutiff.—Dainages SI, costs 40s. DICLEMS AhD •AOTHHR v, ,HAW. This was an action biOuiOtbyti;;LOrdri ... cof the Manor of Brighthelmitone against the defendant, for trespassing on the Mt shore between the high and low water marl, and diaging and carrying away the sand and soil therefrom. The object of the *mien was to try the plaintiff's right, as Lords of the Manor, to the soil of the beach between high and low eater mark, along the coast, in the pariah of Brightlielinsionc. The plaintilli rested their case upon evidence to chew that the Lords of the Manor of Brighton bad, time out of 'Mad, ex ercised dominion over the boil between high and low water mark, and had lb' eselosive ownership thereof, in C • tatrwlic lion to the anksowledged rule of law that the manorial rights of e the Lord doaot eat-ad beyond the high water mark,—the right to the inter Being soil and the low water mark being ge nerally in the King. The right of wreck,—of contriving the removal of sand and.gravei, —ihn fixing of musing capstans un the 'nub, and other incideots of dominion, were insisted upon as routirmin; the plaintiff's fight. • Dvicutuentaty evidence, on the eaters ut ancient grants, was was also adduced Ita the smite purpose. For tie defence it was contended, that the plaintiff's claim was not made out, by uny adequate evidence of enjoyment, autticient to coatroul the common los right in all the lking's subjects, to the snit between hie and low water nook, more particularly as there was ao distinct eri tri any interrop -1103 of this right, from woe be: oud the ust.:.:Aor; of I..sa. THE NATIONAL REGISTER The cam went to the Jury, seder the diremioes of the learned Jude, who was inclined to think that the evilesee of enjoy ment was as strong as could be given in such a case. The Jury retired for about three smarten of an boar, Ina &and their verdict for the defendant. CORONER'S INQUEST.--On 'non Salty night at seven o'clock, an inqu:sition was taken on the body of John highs, Esq. East India Director, of the firm of Messrs. Inglis, Witco, and Co. in the drawing-room of his late re►idence, No. 27, Ma►k-lane. before Thomas Shelton, Esq. Coroner fur the city of London, to inquire into the cause of his death. The Jury consisted ot• lb gentlemen, citizens of London, and most of them personal friends of the deceased. Having viewed the body, the follow ing evidence was adduced. Edward Kendall, footman in the family . sworn.—Wednesdey morning, about n,ne o'clock, Miss Inglis, my master's (the de ceased) sister, enquired of me, if my master had come down front his bed-room I I replied, I did not knew, for I bad not wen his bed room-door wetted ; in consequence of what she said, I proceeded up to my master's chamber, and, not finding hire there, I went into the water-closet, near his bed-room, the door of which was open, and I saw my master sitting on the seat, his head leaning -forward ;—I observed Wood on the closet seat ; he appeared dead or dying. I saw a pistol in the davit, which appeared to have been recently discharged. The privy was filled with smoke, and smelt st..aig of powder. I immediately gave the alarm, and I was instantly dispatehe I for Mr. Draper, the surgeon. During my absence the deceased was moved to his bed-room, and laid upon the bed. Cross-examined.—There is no fastening to the water-closet. I did not hear the report of the pistol. My master b..d on his morning gown. Juror.—There is at present no evidence to thew that the de ceased, or any one else, committed the act. Coroner. —There can be little doobt about it, as it was evi dent the deceased destroyed himself. Mr. William Draper, Surgeon, of St. Mary Axe, sworn.—l wits called in to attend the deceased on Wednesday morning about nine o'clock, and fuuod Win quite dead, though warn ; I found that he had received a pistol allot wound ; the bullet had entered the pit of the stomach, and the firing had burnt the deceased's shirt considerably ; the external flesh of the wound was very black. The ball passed io a slanting direction up wards, towards the left side of the body, and passed out be tween the seventh and eighth ribs. It perforated his morning gown, and sod entered the privy seat, of course it passed entirely through his body. The ball in its passage injured the left lobe of the lungs, the liver, and probably the heart. • I found the bullet myself in lb) closet seat. I did not see the pistol. I have no hesitation in saying tee pistol wouud occa sioned the dissolution of the deceased. Mr. Lewis, Surgeon, of Mark lane, sworn.—l was called to attend the deceased, and foutul him in the water-closet, sup portt.d by his nephew. His shirt and morning gown were burnt, and the lower part of his stomach. The ball had entered the pit of his belly, and passed through the body on the left side. He was quite dead. The contents of the pistol moot have divided some artery, as I law arterial blood on the closet seat. Miss Susannah Inglis sworn.—l am sister to the deceased.; I have no liesitatiou in ss.)ing, that for the last seven mouths my brother laboured under a great depression of spirits. On Tuesday afternoon I went to sec the King go to prorogue Par liament, and on my return the deceased enquired where 1 had been ; I tnld him, but he made me no answer. He paced about with s. very hurried step across the apartment with both his bands behind him, and looked with a vacant stare at me ; he appeared greatly diatressed. He took up a book, opened it, and then flung it from him and left the room. The opening and shutting of the doors seemed always to agitate him, and he had been much worse since he received an accident at Nor wood. At dinner, on Tuesday, he did not converse with any one, and was very reserve, and subsequently, whenever he heard a knocking at time door of the yard, or the ringing cf the bell, he would exclaim, " These people have no compassion on me ; they have no regard for my feelings, and if this ringing mud constaut applications continue, I must have it nailed up. ' About ibree weeks ago the deceased came into the parlour whilst some of the family were at breakfast, and enquired if all were well? I replied, " Yes, we are, 1 believe." He answered, " 1 am not ; 1 feel as if I was poisoned ; I don't know whether it was in the soup I ate for my dinner, or the gruel for supper." Be looked wildly round the room. 1 feel confident the deceased was deranged at the time, for he had no 'adeptl grounds for his suspicion. The Jury being now perfectly satisfied, the Coroner summed up, and was of opinion the deceased front bin groundless sus picion, and his alarm at circumstances of a very trifling nature, clearly denoted that he laboured under a diseased mind. The Jury retnrned a verdict " That the deceased shot him self at a time when be was in a state of mental derangement." A GOOD AIM AND A STEADY MARK.—A few days ago, in consequence of a trifling wager, the following circumstance took place at Liverpool, which certainly rivals the celeurated feat of William TLII. A professional L,entleman of this town stood with a tumbler glass on his bare head, amid with his face to another individaal, a tradesman, who, at the distance of 12 yards discharged a bullet from a cross-bow at the glass, and broke it to atoms, without injuring in the least degree, the mortal target which bore it. Oar readers may depend on the truth of this statement ; but we know not which they will de clare to be the greatest—the skill of one of the parties, the of the other, or the folly of both. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—The premises of a baker, named Woodhouse, residing at the corner of Vincyard-garduis, Clerkenwell, being infested with rats, a loaded gun was always kept for their destruction. About seven o'clock on Saturday morning some of the vermin made their appearance in the bake house, and the journeyman took up the loaded pure, end fired at them ; the contents (small shot) passed through the bake house door, leading into Chapel-row, and entered the parlour of a house oppome, in which was a pour WOlll9ll, ironed Wright, repining her husband's breakfast. Some of the shot perforated her back. The report of the gun and screams of the woman brought the neighbours to her stnistan-e. Mr. W Litmore, a neighbouring surgeon, was sent for, and on va• amination upwards of SO shut were found buried in the skin of the poor woinan's back and shoulders. She was placed in °ed. and seven al of the abet have b..en since exit toed. The rot:nein eingular cireumstatie.e occurred a short time ago. As Mr. John Bailey, of Runhm.•re Pond, wan %Jilting in Bak:ar's Wood, he saw a snake laying in the path, and on melting the reptile Kith thit muzzle of a iowling•pie.. , e he was earrying, it ran into the barrel, and in that situation was car ried home by him. SUDDEN DLATll.—Salardsy ta'nnight, at Ttunipin4tnn, near Cani:nidgc, a Lie Joisag woman, named Mary Ji.iitison, sged 20, on getting up, cent ia•hcr sick tuntlor in the pe‘t and with a grateful eletsted roi a czelnitned •' Mother, er!sht a float end; aiornia; aaal than retiring, aaail 265 Greek Slave in Liverpool.—Copt. Dobson, of the Arab, recently arrived in Liverpool from Smyrna, has brought with him a Greek boy, about ten years of age, whom he actually purchausA for 7.1, The youth was sold at the common bazar, together wits his mother, brothers, aocl sisters ; his father been previously killed. By the new Commercial Trcatv between the United States and France, which permits the ships of both nations to enter the ports of each other on reciprocal terms, after the Ist of Octob:r American ships will be released from the necessity of coming to Portsmouth and Cowes, to re-ship their cargoes for Havre-de-Grace into French bottoms. Above 11) vessels did this at Cowes, pending the negociations. EICTRAO:IDINARY FEAT IN SWIMMING—On Saturday after noon last, about live o'clock, add about the time of high water. Mr. Claude. of Liverpool, swain soot the Mersey, frogs George's Pier to Woodside a distance of nearly a mile in 7t) minutes, he immediately returned across the river, and reached the Old Quay Pier (a minnow distance) in 4U minutes, being tbe lint instance known of any person aocomplishing such a task. He swain again from the shore with the intention of stressing himself in a boat, in. flue iniddlo of the river, but, finding himself suflicieutly vigorous, lis proceeded a third time across the river, and actually landed at Seacombe Point, :.•listance of considerably more than a mile, in 40 minutes, after having been immersed in the water nearly two hours. On returning to Liverpool iu a boat, he assisted in rowing. Ho USEBIteAKI SiG.—..Tlte perfection to which invro mews of housebreaking are brought, is real y astonishing nacre are center bits, we understand, on a new conqi tic. non, and so sharp that a circular piece of any s sa cis be cut out of the psiniel ail a dour or window shutter i n less than three minutes. Scarcely any house is rale without wakeful or vigilant persans sue. p .is the basement story, unless doors or shutters are lined with iron. lit every parish thieves at all hours (uul particularly Sun days, when the inhabitants are supposed to be 0111), are prowling about, attempting to picl. the locks of s:reet Juon, in which they always succeeded, it not interrupted. —When persons see suspicions looking fellows lure mg about doors, they should apprise their neighbours. As the picking of lucks is now a common practice, and the car rying off every thing portable in the hall is the conse quence. At night persons should keep fire anus in the house, and nothing deters burglars more from attempting a house ill in keeping a lamp or candle burniite, and a terrier dog to pive an alarm. It is said that it is tire ititenfon next year to amend the pohce ac!, to increase the punishment of persons on whom instruments for house-b.eating are found, and to punish those with Mo. prisooment and lord labour by whom they are I/1411U. f_c•ured. FIRES.-011 Thursday night lost the neighbottrhond of George -street, St. Giles e, was thrown into confusion by a fire breaking out in the house of Mr. Fitzgerald, of the above slier', in consequence of the bud-turnittre catching fire. The fire continued sonic time, sod Site poor people in that neighbourhoo I were its the greatest alarm, bringing their toraitture from the houses. the engines soon arrived, and the firemen succeeded or extinguishing the flames, but• the properly was much injured,—The sine night a fire broke out .st the hut.,e u: Airs Ryan, of Shirt-lane, Temple-bar, in the first floor, in consiq•irnce of a spars: Hying on the lied clothe, , but fultunattly the timely arrival of the engines prevented much damage being dour except to the furn.ture. On Monday last a very determined suicide was committed at Greenwich. A sailor hung himself in Ins lodgings with a bed cord, attached to a large noil, which he drove into a wall. Ho pulled his coat, tucked op his sleeves, and took off his *hues, previous to the rash act. BIRTHS. In York street. St. Junco's tare lady of Dr. Buy ton, of a daughter. In Great Jimars street, Pe.lfoid row, the laib of C. It. Barber, es]. of a 414U1h.ter. tin ,uuday last, at burbitott place, Surrey, the lady ut Shei Gar fall, co .1 0111140)ln child. 00 the lame day, at Q e, oLithe , the lady of Wdtielu %"enitthe,es Moir, MAU Said s:.and , art • MAI. At I ArAdaill, stis re,. the Is 'y of J. Cocks eel. of a tla At the Vicarage k.a.a.l.lrVori, tale Ltd) ui the kg., J . V.. • Innur, ad a daugn. r. MARRIED. At Mendoo. Middlesex, ak 4ellAtc. ca l. of the 31 Magnus', to dAngtotrr of W. Anclettun, et t. of Itnt , t.ii s, u t r. Al the Chapel of the hish Antbsssaditr, race de 14;111dt:re, Con.ul tent o an in I, to Mts. Seli na °tattoos. At Mar)lebisne oew church, R. Cook. ea I. It.A. to Min Sara's Elitsbeth,eldect &mister of the late J. Wdllililose, At nt. Stephen's, o Moro, k, 4r. TI 11111 l as Addaead, of Eruni:c,i,, MAhllesei. to IllisMary Ann Paschall, so the ethie place. At 'A ellitiot, Major I. ll> lin. 01 the :los. Last 16.114 Co,.'*mpai service, 1,. Amiss, slanitider .4 W. Coilong, ssi Wed.h.d. At Itswbsll, Wilts, the Rev. Joseph ilayllios tie, eldest r..n of Infos napkin sir, e.q. of 11111 house, tiloaccstesslint, to Annette littivoi. second dmoghter of the I.lle E. I ovre, el i. iihd sister to sir E. l'ouie„ ban. of It what!. At lade, in France, Louie Ad slti'le de (Mateo:, Sonthitendatil hashish e, Chevalier de St. Loop, ase. to Fiances /Also.. tn. viol' dclgliter it the late Si. bitch .rd Sault, WI. Al ht. MOWS, SuChnat Is, Mr. S. C. Wiltshire. of Combat. to Situl., &renal oa.tghter 01 J. tlooodrhOd. es.i. of Incsloy street. Ito .110004) la., 11 Ito ilew rhos eh, !..t. I. urs lc, It. Rather, esi. Of ro,i,t4•ek mreet, Itwallt•r11 s ii tre,lat Mts. Wm.", Ralson CrrliCe..l. At the Salle plate, It. 1.. t_srafi 11111, awl Cpl.. - thtaarr slroet, 11.0 Mary, second 01 J. icons: ci t. to Lei .1) . 4 100, min 01 il. 011 l ne•ilay I.e 'lestsison, eat. of Cladli stn e•nrlllweg. Iv be.,w1,1 11.411;lit,1 toi the late Mr. Chas 1,11 ate ton. DIED. Al Vundiley, the Rev. 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