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London, England, 1825-01-31 00:00:00

DEATH OF LADY MOSTYN.

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A few days ago an infant son of Sir Edwartl hlostyn, hart., of
Spring Bank, near Worcester, showing symptoms of an attack of
scarlet fever, the remainder of the children were, in order to pre-
vent its further spreading amongst them, sent to the house of Mr.
Parry, a farmer, Ming at Red-hill, which is a short distance
from Spring Bank. On Tuesday last, Lady hlostyn, their moat
excellent and amiable mother, walked thither early in the morning
to pus the day with them, and, as she directed, the close carriage
was there to fetch her away at nine o'clock in the evening. The
approach to Mr. Parry's house from the high road is up a short but
steep ascent, near the top of ROAM. At the moment the car.
riage had cleared the gate, the off wheel slipped into a water-shoot,
the violence of the jerk otcasiored by which was such as to threw
the coachman from his seat to the ground. He, however, almost
immediately recovered hit legs, and, on running to the horses, who
had got into a gallop, succeeded in laying hold of tie traces, and
lastly of the reins. The near animal now began to kick violently
at him, and his leg catching in his breeches-pocket he was wall
pulled down, consequently he once more lost the reins, and the
wheels passed over both his knees. Upon this the horses, freed
from all restraint, set off' at full speed towards Spring Bank, and;
in endeavouring to turn into the road to it, about three hundred
yards from the gate at Mr. Parry's, brought the Carriage against
two posts with great violence, splitting both. They then took
again towards the . high road, and continued their furious career.
Lady Mostyn had to this time kept her meat, but, it is supposed.
her tright at her situation being increased by the concussion, slit
took the fatal resolution of jumping out.
Health:l the coachman a footman was in attendance upon her
Ladyship. The latter, who had got down at the gate, to open it.
was in the act of stepping up behind when the coachman fell, and
ran forward to the coach-door, but was unable to .retain hold of it;
owing to the rate at which the horses were going: Ile thee fol.
lowed the carriage with all the speed he was able, and about twenty
yards front the entrance to Spring Bank he observial something iu
the road, which he at first thought was a coat or shawl fallen front
the ;sumac, but, on approaching it, he fouoa nil lidmgcar,
lying on bet fact, with her eves closed and bleeding rrofttsely at
the nose. He spoke to her, but she returned no mower, being in
a state of complete insensibility. lie then took oft' his coat, and, •
wrapping it roand her, placed her on the bank ; by this time the
coachman came up, and he remained with her whilst his fellow.
servant went to the house and procured usistants; by whom she
was conveyed home in a large chair, scarcely showing the least
signs of life. In this interval a gentleman Wile wan passing, act-
ing from the impulse of the moment, attempted to bleed her Lady..
ship, but little blood issued from the puncture. The footman set
off to NVorcester for medical aid, and Dr. Hastingo, Mt. Ray. meet, Mr. Carden, and Messrs. Stephenson, seri— ant( jun., were
promptly at the bedside of the unfortunate lady. They found
her right shoulder dislocated, but the most extensiye injury was
on the left aide of her head, which iviu contused and swollen to that
degree that, they immediately pronounced her cafe destitute of the
smallest hope. She remained throughout the night, and NVed-
nesilay, in the same state, her eyes closed, and appArently per-
fectly unconscious of her situation, and until shout o'clock. on
Thursday morning, when she expired. • -
On examining, next day, the spo; where her Ladyship fell, It
was foam' to be full seven teat from the track of her carriage; the
fatal mischief,
.therefore: must have ensued from the great violence
with which she pitched upon her head to the ground, and not from
her clothes catching in the wheel, as has been :oaten? .Sir Edward
was absent at Leicester at the time of the accident; a despatch
was sent off to him the sante night, and he arrived at Spring Bank
about five o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, hat it was deemed by
the medical gentlemen most prudent, if passible, to keep him front
beholding the truly deplorable state of their patient, her face being
so dreadfully disfigured that not a feature was recognizable, and
with which lie most reluctaiuly complied.. Sir &Hurd, we under-
stand, remain* in a State of the moat incimsolchle affliction, at the
loss of his afflectionate and inestimable wife, and the devoted and
fond mother of eleven children.
It is due to the feelings of the coachman and fodtmrtn to say, it
was owing to no neglect of their usual rare and attention to their
beloved and valued mistress, the melancholy occurrence took place,
which has, in so afflicting a manner, deprived them of her. After
the deceased had so unfortunately sprung fret her carriage, the
horses slackened their pace, and arrived at the Barbourne gate at a
trot; the keeper threw open the gate as usual, not knowing they
they were without a guide, and, in passing through, the carriage
came In contact with the Trait, by which the splinter-bar was
Broken ; after proceeding a little further thei, were stopped.
Lady hlostyn was, we untie/at/Ind, about :i3 years of age,
and was the daughter of Btuadell, Esq., of ('rosby-house,
Lancaahlre.

An inquest was held upon the body on Friday night, and a vcr.
diet of Accidental Death returned.

ROBBERY, IVITH EXTRAORDINARY OCTRAGE.

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Scarcely hag subside] the sensetion caused by the murder on
Whaddon Chase, when a robbery took place, not five miles Iron:
the scene of that dark tweurrenee, which was accompanied with
eircumstancei of extraordir ary outrage. The object of the robins!.
was the plunder of the toll-house at Padhitry-gate, about a Mlle on
this side of Buckingham. It is little more than two years since the
robbery of the toll-house, and the murder of the venerable couple
who were the keepers, at Aston Clinton-gate, itithin two miles of.
Aylesbury, on the road to Tying, had aroused all the feeling in
the county But neither the execration of the country, nor the
unpitied fate of the g;ng that perpetrated the robbery and the mur-
der, have deterred of from a repetition of one of the crinics•
on a similar object.
It was not 'hove a week before, that, on account of the toll.
having been let to another person, the old man who had for some,
time been accustomed to collect the tolls, had resigned his post to
another. On Tuesday night List, a little before nine o'clock, this
man, expecting the arri'ml of the mail-cart from Buckingham to
Aylesbury, was striving to keep himself awake, when he way
summoned out of his house by the accustomed call, and instantly
surrounded by three assailants. The treatment be experienced 04111.
mast Outrageous and uncommon. After seizing, binding, and rag-
. ging him, anti fastening him to the tumpike,gate, the gang pre-
; cectied to plunder the tell-house; and keying effected their pur-
-1 pare, left the poor man bound and gagged, and wished him a goo&
night I
, In about ten minutes after the ruffians had quitted the *phi the•
driver of the Buckingham mail-cart reached the place. and
Tering the condition of the toll-collectors and the outrage he had
suffered : being prohibited from leaving his cart, he tethered in
haste to Buckingham, to procure relief to the poor Man: Before
the driver reached Buckingham he watt very providentially met by
a medical gentleman of the neighbourhood, who lost no time la
proceeding to the poor man's succour. , Through the 'reiumunica-•
tion of that gentleman, we have been favoured by an obliging cer.
respondent with the following interesting detail of the affair :-
1s Mr. Staines, surgeon, at Winslow, was riding from,
Buckingham, on Tuesday _evening, .between the hours of nine
and ten o'clock, he met the mail-cart retooling in haste, &bow.:
half-a-mile from Iluekinghem, when the drieer, in very great
agitation, accosting hint, stated that the keeper of Patti:tire,
turnpike was tied to the gate, and he supposed nearly mur-
dered. Mr. Staines advised the driver to make haste to Buck-
ingham for assistance, whilst Ise galloped on to the relief 01 the
sufferer. When he arrived at the gate, he found the kecrer
with his hands tied behind him, his body fixed with cords in tlgs
bridle gate adjoining the door-post; and dime leg fastened to it
by means of the door-chain and a padlock. flaying loosed-
him from the gate, and perceiving his features much diatorfe.l,
and his voice very much obstructed, he proceeded to examine the
face, when he found an extratledipary projection in emit check.
Upon his introducing his finger into the mouth., he di covered it t'.
have been occasioned by a round piece of wood about four inches
long. and, the thickness of a swan's quill. That 'being removed, I e
gave the following account of this most extramainary transaction
• A littlebefore nine ....leek, ...an Catlett out `• ooze- I answcrex
" Coming, Sir," and unlocked the door. As soon as ! get out. I
knocked down by a man in a drab.coloured great coat, and tive t
ten inches high, who threatened to kill me if I cried out. Ile then
lifted tee up and began tying me to the gate. A shorter man in a-
;fackei stood by without interfering - a third., still shorter, in a shore
smock-frock, assisted, and produced cools from his pocket. They
all went into the house, and I heard them breaking open the till,
from which they took the day's receipt. From a. shelf they M.o.
took two Buckingham one pound notes, one soentign, anti eigli:eet,
shillings in silver, leaving eight shillings in the cupbeant w: pet_ had overlooked. They came out, wished me good night aed:
ran fast away toward* Padbury."l'he keeper had receitnd out
blow on the left temple, which appeared by no mesas to hay: been
severe. lie quitted the charge of the gate that night, but 1 ctur:ea
to his duty the nest day at ten o'clock."
It is with regret we add to this 'yeomen, that up to a late hour
last night, no clue ,had been found to lend to the detection of the
ruffians who committed this outrageows robbery.—Backe C'h.-cnictt
of S.:ta nia

Mr. Gorton, who fought a duel last Monday in thc
neighbourhood of Boulogne, with a gvntletnan of the
name of Montgomery, died on 'Thursday last.
WHOLESALE SIISEP-STEAL2NG.—A young man,
ehep-
htrd to Mr. Free, of Tharfield, Herta, lately gave. his
master warning, informing him that he had engaged him-
self to another master in Ilitekinghamshire, and ..t thc ex-
piration of his time he accordingly left, apparcnd to go to
his new place; but instead of which, he soon rstwiiM to
Tharfield and took she whole flock of a neighliouring far-
mer, of the name of Ward, consisting of upwards cf 60,
out of the fold, and set off with them to Newinaik.rt fair
driving them all the Sunday night to arrive there in time
The condition of the sheep and the behaviour of the mat,
attracted attention ; and a dealer was not long before he
bargained for the whole flock, and when he had done so
he communicated his suspicious to the young man, and told
him that he should accompany his man home with the
sheep. when, it he found he came honestly by theta, It,
would pay him. This was agreed to, and the thief went
away with the dealer's man, but as aeon as he saw a con-
venient opportunity, after leaving Newmarket, he ma,!,
his escape, but was taken the next day at Tharfleid, when,
it was proved, what with turnpikes and other eliat,:es, tlmr
he was "minus" .14. 7iel. by the adventure. II: digs cru
e:ininiaed to riertferel Gao'.