The National Register. — London, England, 1809-06-25 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. tain said, " I know, Jack, I have done wrong." The is itnesF in return said, " I see, Sir, you have done very wrong." NV It -I,e3s then went up mid hailed this Elizabeth transport, which Ist, ne:ir t nem ; a inia• with the mate and two men belongin; to I lint came alongside, but they did not venture to go into the cabin. The witness then Walt with theta to his Nia;esty'sship Plantagenet, iii vri-e to procure a surgeon, hitto no purpose. On his return ti ship, he found the mate on board. 'I lie Captain °Ogren the o 'then to put on shore, to ;;o hoot for n Doctor. They vent to the Fait:lish Barracks, out c.lttl:l not find ^ties — Aftcr stalking uliiiut some time. witness asked the Prisoner it br did mit mean to go inf. (wailing to his ship). to which th prisoner answered, " No, hut son may go otr If you like. The witness, howeser, snit k close to the prisoner until they an &tool and Pertuguese soldier; witness told them whit. it td hapeetted, :tool the prisoner was conveyed on shiiibitar•l. The sl !mess toalerstoirl that is Ilse meanwhile a Surgeon had coine r4 . 4` in the Audacious man of war, dressed the boy's wound, new bin trim !Mt bi.d. When the'Captain crone on hoard, th. Dtai. aped him how he came to use such a deadly weapon le Ire pointing to the dagger. The Captain said, he woulo I like. care he should not hurt any one else with it, and ins:antl flocs% t• overboard. The prisoner was next morniog conveyed on hoard the Audacious, and .the boy was carried to that ship tate' hint. The Captain did abet appear to be at all convulsed. agnate:l, or alai-mi.:l at 1!;e time of the witness first going (lowl. into the A abin. The hoN lingered under the constant apprelien •k: of death for the space of vine days, and died on the 14th of November. Mr. Irvine, the principal surgeon, and Mr. Bligh, assistant ss!rgeon, of the Audacious, described the stature of the wound. The Captain begged of each of the sorg,eons separately to do st hat Olt,. could to save the boy's life. adding." for by so doing - Yaw rtIAY tie the means ofsaviug mine." He said that tic had com mitted the deed in a lit of rage and intoxicatiun, actling, that be bad been robbed and pluudered by the crew, but never said a word against the boy. They were fully convinced that the wound was the cause of the bo3't. death. Whilst the boy was ender the most serious ayprehen.lon of his cii , olution, Mr. Irvine took down in vs ritin.• 2 . 9 his declaration, in which he stated that Captain John Sutherland at first gave liim a slight wound, upon which the boy exposed the wouiA to him, saying,. " See what you have done to me ;" upon which the Coln:tilt inflicted on him a second wound, which was inure &Iterate tfran the former. This was witnessed by the two surgeons, and attested with the mark of the boy, then almost d 3 ing. There was another witness on the part of the prosecution, but at was agreed by the Counsel on both sides, that it was unne cessary to call him. Sir Christopher Robinson stated the case to. the Jury ; tile Attorney General examined the witnesses; they were cross-examined by Messrs. Knapp and Gurney, .4C:owlet for the .prisoner. The prisoner 'when called upon for his defence, said that he left it entirely 'to hie COunsel. Several very respectable men gaoe the prisoner an excellent character for general. humanity and mildness of dispnsition, previous to the present transaction. Mr. *Justice Grose recapitulated * the evidence. The Jury turned round in their box for ahant • iro or three minutes, and pronounced the prisoner—Guilty, Deiah. The Judge of the Court of Admiralty then delivered the awful tuntence of the law in the most solemn * distinct, and impressive terms. The prisoner is a tall strong-looking man, about 45; he was rather unwell, and way indulged with a chair. He was parti. cuiarly agitated wbilst the Judge was pronouncing the sentence ; and was supported out of Court by two men. The execution Rill take place on Thursday morning next, at Execution Dock. —.The Court adjourned till Tuesday, the 4th of July. Third and Let GRAND CITY LOTTERY of Freehold/baser Discballged airtacdsTax, Upwards of 40V,0001. in Capital Prizes. Twenty Thourtnd Wicket., to be drawn Li Guildhall in Four Days, bOOO Tickets each Dt itsi Z, tired Prise. There are Tweatellre groui.d Capital Prizes la this ogilpisting of Twenty - nine excellent FREEHOLD HOUSES, situated hi Skin riertStreet and Pickett-Street, &c. which were estimated in the year 1806, wl:e3 Building Ifiaterlals were such cheaper than at present, by five emineii SurveArr, and proved by time upon oath, before a Coma:etre of the House of Ctibaums, ta be worth upwards of 100,0001.: but as tt is desirable that the Pbblie n110111(1 know the pre!eut improved Value of the Property, a new Survey ardi estimate is now preparing which AA he p ts soun as it can be of - tlitied. Tickets and Shane are on Sale h., 81RJ. BRA NSCOMBE,, aid CO. !go. 3T, cornlii:; 11, Holborn; 3s, Haymarket; and NO, 'tinted; who sold ace sl:ared Three of the Grand Capital Prizes hi the last Crty Lotttr . ,. F ro . lent Price. Ticket 81. Be. Yd.-'Halt 41. Bs. Od...Qtuuter Si. Ss. (M.—Eiglith 11. di. at.--Sizteenth o'. Ile. it. Tie tele will shortly 'Ube:Kee-4(lmoms a large aw be bag etailis, .4C. IDEA"' S 4.41) OFFE i 415 A young lady of the name of Wilmot, the daughter of a Sur ;eon vi Dorchester, was drowned an Tlitir.::!.ty se'ttight, hot 11 tits !he It(q1 If (itte aad Chelsea, in consequence an boat uu.kilfd) y matin g ed havin g run down the boat hich she w with to party of -ix pet S9IIS. 'Another person, a young krot leorin of the natne of I)avi9, was under winter several minutes, but annuatims , NZIS rehturetl. Mitt.; IS' 111110 t SCR: Line 3 oung wollivin, went v.. fou r ear of age, had been from the country only two months, Ind iv ai placed under the tuition of a music-master in Oxford- SI I ret. Stt OC KING AectfiltriT.—On Friday sennight, ns some of the areillrry were p Mel i,ing throwing shells on a common near Seven ()elks, in Kent, it was ob,erved that one of them did not explode, add every search was made for it in vain. An old 14 Oman, wh o had taken it up, was passing at the time with a basket on her ar , o. but the soldiers little thought she was in possevion of that which they hart so diligently sought offer. The old woman wn •ii her way to a neighbouring brick-kiln, where she produced ier pr4e to the wen at work, who, after rolling it about, ob.- .erved some grains of gunpowder to drop from it, and fooli. :etcrinined on tiring it off; the old woman,. who most likely had • • •,itnessed the effects of others thrown by the ~ o ldiers, gut out of the way; a lighted tire-brami was then applied to the gtmpow. ter, the . shell insaantaueonsly exploded, carrying off the arm of rhe man who applied the tire. and killing his coinimnion iii me diately on, the spot. EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY, Cornhil, tontlnn. Ineurerb uith this Cl uspany are respectfully informed, thibt Path-leg yx Orin; at idlaitunier, tasty I.e re.leuerl by A pplivitio:l nt this Office within Pifiren froin that Pe iod, being read, agreeably to th:- reduced Premiums. biz. Coinobon 1 'ur knees to 10,0001. at 4.. per eft at. - -11.tztrdous to (;,000. at hnau'dotis to 3,000'. at bs. pier cent.—Adr.-ntares to llaslrer4 ;title trbis Coinpla of 11:bot in facer . or Fire, b. itl . t Incre :se a p ir . miunk.—D a na:N by L'irltuini; ru ide ;rood.-- N.• cLarge fcr ladoi 'neut., Attentions or Surve• A t of Sl. p. r • c i bt. on I ui,ippi n g su-rtnce. .•••t•• 0:1 Insur ince. frolii 101. to Vv. N.r east. u tactile Premium; and from 3' to 1.; per ceut. upon the Dut•. Fa mine; ..t/COL iustred (without Average atuse) at 2s. per cent. l'heCo.nit Terms f.ir Life Insatuuce arc equally liberal, and pltiklis very triperior Claims to Patrona;e. lYn. HGETIIA Vii, Se: 1'..14: • . . DEATH OF Mlt. CANITirrZT. Mr. Daniel Lambert, the huge man, died in stamfort at o'clock on Wedms lay last. lle had tra‘elled from Fitiviin g -- don to that town. On Tuesday evening he sent a mesmit. to the o'fice of the Stamford nmsplper, requesting that, as " the mountain could not wait upon Mnhomet. Alaltomet would go to the mountain" —or, in other word:. that the print..r won!d call upon him, and receive an oreer for e %ecntin,r some han :- hills, announcing Mr. Lambert's arrival and his desire to see company. The orders he gave upon that occaqo.l were de!i veered without any presentiment that they were to lie h it last, nod with his usual cheerfulness. Ile was in bed —one of the largest dimensions—" Ossa upon 01,s inpu-i, amt Pelion upon Ossa"—fatigued with - his journey ; hut an%iiitii that the bills might be trickly printed, its order to see coin pato(' next morning. (!:fore nine o'clock, on that morning..., however, he was a corp , ;e ! nature had endured a'l the treTsas she could admit : the poor ottin'i corpulency had constantly in- ! ' creased, until, at the time we have to.Netioliell, tk clAgf,ed in;i chinery of life stood still, and this prodigy of Mammon was numbered with the dead! He was in his 40th year; and upon being weigh:d, within a few days, by the famous Caledonian balance t its the po:se,si o u of Mr. King, of Ipswich), was found to be 5 stone l llbs. in weight (Miss. to the stone). which is 10 stone 1/113s. wore than the great Mr.. Bright, of Essex, ever weiglaed.—He It Id &dart inents at Mr. Betridge's, the Waggon and Horst's, in Sc. ',liar tin's, cn the ground floor—for he had been long incapable of walking up stairs. Ills coffin ' in which there has hee a great dif ficulty of placing hint, is 6 feet 4 inches long, 4 fees 4 inches wide, and 2 feet 4 inches deep: the immense substance of his legs snakes it necessarily almost a square case. The eelefic tied Sarcophagus-of Alexander, viewed with so much admirati mat t h e B r i t i s h m us eum, would not nearly contain this itnatmse sheer hulk. The coffin, which consist; of 112 superficial feet of elm 1? built upon two axle-trees ant fo ir clog-wheels; and upon th 'Sft the remains of the poor in In will be rolled Into his gra e ; m lob, we understand, is to be in the new burial ground at .te back of St. Martin's antra. A regular dec.cent mill be ma 'e, ks cutting away the earth slop;n-ly for some distanee. ile winiow and wall of the room in which he lies flu t to. Liken down to allow hi3lait.—fie mato be buried at olglit o'cl?lek c o Fridaz, JUNE 25. r (