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London, England, 1824-05-14 00:00:00

PARRICIDE.

DrATH Or Mt. alltOollY, WHo WAS STAMM!, BY HIS SON.
—This unfonunate victim to the irraseible temper of his own son,
expired yesterday morning, at half past 8 o'clock, et Guy's Hospital,
to which pLice he was conveyed almost immediately after the unna-
tural deed had been perpetrated, The son, by whose act he had
fallen, is only 17 years of age, and has been: rdr the last four
Greatyeas
in the employ of Mr. Howley, an ironmonger, living in
Hover-street, within two doors of Mr. Gregory's residence. Up to
the present transaction he has borne a good character, and was
thought a mild, quiet, young man. Indeed, so favourable was the
opinion enterts.:3ed of his temper, that the first neighbour who was
apprised of the event, declared it was imssible it could be George
who did it, for he was too inoffensive. The horrid transaction took
place on a Sunday morning, shortly after George had returned from
Mr. Howley 's, where he had been to finish some little task
that had been left undone the night before. The family
had finished their breakfast, and George sat down to breakfast
by himself. One of the younger children asked his father for some
more breakfast, who, thinking he had had enough, refused giving
him. Upon which George exclaimed, " But he shall have some
more, and with a knife in his hand advanced towards the cup-
! board to cut him a slice of bread and butter. Mr. Gregory rose to
zventniiiiicslviolatlto.n
aof&isl°rdt r,
and
pushing his so from the
struggle ensued, in which the son,
losing his self-eominand, plunged the knife he had in his hand
into his father's left side, Just above the groin.
The young man, sod one of the family who witnessed the deed,
are understood to speak of it as having been accidentally perpe-
trated in the course of the struggle; the rest, we balm, declare
it to have been intentional.

The knife with which it was erected was a large clasp one, with a
sharp point, and which was used generally by the family for domes-
tic purposes. By a strange fatality. the lather had that very more-
ing sharpened it, and the unhappy man mournfully observed, as he
was being conveyed to the hospital, that he I,ttle thought, when
sharpening the knife, that it would be so soon employed against
himself, still less that it would be so used by his own son. From
the first Mr. Gregory was thought in a most dangerous state, and it
was therefore deemed expedient that his evidence should be taken
down ; accordingly a Magistrate waited on hint at the hospital a
few days back, and received his deposition.
The miserable young man, who has thus been the occasion of
his father's death, has made no attempt to escape, but has re-
mained at home in great distress, and expressing the deepest re-
morse. immediately after his father's death a warrant wee issued
for his apprehension, and he was in consequence, yesterday, re-
moved from a home which he has rendered desolate, to Home-
monger-lane gaol, where he will remain to abide the result of the
inquest, which will beheld on the body to-morrow evening.
During the time that Mr. Gregory was in the hospital, his family
were unremitting in their attentions to him, and he has fee-
quently on those occasions inquired after his son, and seemed to
derive pleasure from finding that be was not in custody, and that
he expressed sorrow for the act. lie has left a widow with eight
children, who, by his death, are thrown into the greatest affliction.
From inquiry we learn he has had 14 children in all, six of whom
have died ' • and from the heavy expense of so large a family, and
his having been,by a malady under which for years he had laboured,
incapacitated from performing much work, lie had extreme diffi.
culty in maintaining his family.

POLICE.

GUILDHALL.

George Newnan, a powerful young fellow, was brought up be-
fore Mr. Alderman AwsL n, charged with a street rubbery, under
the fallowing daringly impudent circumstances:—
About eight o'clock on Tuesday evening, as Mr. Morgan, a tra-
veller fur a respectable lace-manufacturer, was passing through
Gutter-lane, hews' met by the prisoner and another man, the latter
of whom, immediately upon their coming abreast, observed to aim
very coolly, " I must ease you of this, young man," and at the
same instant drew his watch out of his fob by the chain, and ran
off with his companion towards Maiden.lane. Mr. 3lorgan pur-
sued them ; but coming in contact at the end of Carey-lane, with
a person who was hastily turning the corner, they both fell, and by
the time Mr. Morgan had recovered himself she thieves were out of
alert. The hue and ay, however, had followed the prisoner up
Foster-lane to Cheapiii&„ where he was stopped by the passengers;
but no penes appearing to charge him with anything, be was per.
edited to on, when Mr. Motgan coming up, he renewed his pur-
suit, and the fellow was ukhrwtely secured in St. Maitin's-ls-Grand.
Mr. Englthart, pork-butcher, was called to his door by the II so sod
cry, and seeing a greet crowd coming along, be extended his arms
to prevent them pressing into his shop, when the prisoner thrust
Mr. Morgan's watch into his hand ; at what time he had obtained
possession of it from his accomplice, who had originally seized it,
did not appear.
The prisoner when called upon for his defence, declared " upon
his honour," that he never had! the watch at all, nor even seen it;
and that it must have been somebody else in the crowd who thrust
it Mt° 111 r. Englebart's hand, lie was drunk, he said, at the
tiers' ha Was stopped, and had no recollection at all of what took
Mr
Mr. Morgan, however, being quite positive that the prisoner was
one of the fellows who attacked him, and a whole host of en-
amel, who were with the crowd in St. Martin's-le-Grand at the
time, being ready to prove the fact of his having thrust the watch
into Mr. Englehart's hand, he was committed to Newgata for
tzial•

BOXY-STRE ET.
' Tut Risro--Yonterday an application waa made to Sir R.
811 l N It, at this office, by a rich man, well known in the sporting
' world, fur a warrant to issue under Lord Ellenbomugh a Act,
against another " Sporting character." for cutting and maiming.
The following are the circumstances under which the appli=thln
was made:—

It must, we suppose, be known to every body. that a pugilistic
match was fixed to take place near Royston, Cambridgeshire, on
Tuesday, between Joah Hudson and Sampson, the Birmingham
Youth. The match, however, did not take place, and various
were the Mien assihmed—some alleging that "Josh" had been
bought, and that it was to be a cross-fight ; and others, that those
who had ventured their money upon Sampson, were afraid of the
result, and had mations/red to bring about a wrossArk, in order to
prevent the fight taking place, and save their debts. It has been
since ascertained, however, that the real cause of this baulk to
" the fancy," was this two or three knowing ones had backed
Hudson to a very large amount, at odds, and up to a late period,
previous to the day appointed for the fight, they had the most um
bounded confidence in the integrity, as well as courage and skill,
of their man. Then, however, a hint was conveyed to one or two
of the chosen, that Josh had been boned, and his backers were to
be sold--in plain English, that Hudson was to lose the battle at all
events. The chosen thereupon lost no time in arranging a plan
to save themselves, and they despatched two renowned pugilists
to the intended scene of action, with plenty of cash, and directions
to offer any money upon Sampson. even at odds. In this course
they had a double object ; the probabilitras that such offers,
coming from such men, would give rise taw much suspicion that
the sporting men would withdraw their sta es, and the fight would
be spoiled ; and again, if the combat actually took place and a cross
was intended, the projectors of this notable plan would make them-
si Ives pretty nearly safe by their bets upon Sampson. Their plan
SliCerCtied st, far as to prevent the fight, and desperate quarrels in
more quarters than one have taken place in consequence. On
Wednesday evening the present applicant went into a sporting
house, where it was his fortune
.to meet with two persons who
" were :backers of Sampson. They immediately taxed him,"and in
no very gentle term., with having been instrumental in stopping
;he fight; he denied it, and a quarrel ensued, in the course of
which the person against whom this application was made,
threw a pair of snuffers at the applicant, the pointed end of which
stuck in his cheek. A scuttle took place between them, and they
fell, and during the struggle upon the ground, one of the com-
pany culled out that (the alleged assailant) had a knife in
his 'hand. In a moment after the applicant received a cut with
some sharp instrument, immediately over the eye. They were
then separated by those about them.
Under these circumstances, Sir R. 'Ernie granted a warrant,
and Ruthven and Bishop went in search of the accused, but could
nut find hint, and so the case rests for the present.

3IA R -LA. BO NN E OFFICE.
On Wednesday night, J. Williams, a man dressed as a sailor,
was brought from Harrow, by Harris and Ooodes, constables,
charged with a daring burglary, on Wednesday morning, in the
house of Mr. Bird, confectioner. of Ilarrow.on.thc.llilL
day he was fully committed to Newgate for trial.