The National Register.
London, England, 1817-10-27 00:00:00

MR. RAYMOND.

Ti, late Mr. Raymond, was a native of the county of Banff,
where his father occupied a small farm. At a very early
period of his age, he attracted the notice of a Gentleman of
lironic in the neighbourhood s who took him into his family,
when quite a boy, and sent him to one of the best Parochial
Grammar Schools in Scotland for his education, the school
of rorilyce, which ions been distinguished for producing many
esccellent scholars. Here young Grant, (fur that was his family
•name) distinguished himself as an apt scholar, and became
sna eseellent penman, which enabled him to assist his patron
as an emeasearis.—Having ready access to his well-sto►ed
library, he acquired on early taste for reading the best Eng-
fish authors, particularly the works of our dramatic poets,
which he studied with much assiduity, and which probably
derided his future determination to try his fortune nn the
wage. His theatrical pursuits in Midis, (where he assumed
the name of Raymond), and in several of the provincial
theatres, were hiahly strecessfuL While playingat Manchester,
ilr was seen by Mr. Grubb, one of the proprietors of Drury
Line theatre, who immediately engaged him for five years.
'1 his was *boot the year 1799, and since that he has, with
with few intervals, been cons.antly before the public enjoys
!log a large share of theirfavour both in his ;addle audprivate
sitirition. As a liteiary man, Mr. Raymond's name is known
by his life of Dermody the Irish poet, a work which does
infinite I ))))) our to his taste as well as to Isis feeling. Mr.
Itasmond had jest entered his 30th year.
The vacancy in the situation of stage manager at Drury
Line, cannot he filled up withot-t delay. Sevei al if the Com-
mittee of inaisageowat are absent from town ; and the inter-
ests of those who may be deemed eligible for the office may
r•gnire to be considted before an apyoiniment can be &-
ten ll iii ed. Mr. Dowton is coissidered as the Gentleman most
likely to be the object of general desire : but if he ■gain de•
cline the offer, it is expected that Mr. H. Johnston will be
selected to manage the affairs of the Drnry Lane stage.—
Some accounts. however mention Mr. Stephen Kemble,
others Mr. T. Dibdin, Mr. Rae, and even Mr. G. Colman.

NUODISIM Or THOMAS HALL AND MART GRANT.—To
the particulars of these horrid transactions already stated, we
have now only to add, that, after a public and most serious,
and deliberate investigation, which lasted upwards of eight
hours, before William King, Esq. one of the Coroners for the
county of Lincoln, and the jary re-assembled at this Court
held ny adjournment at W intern on the 16th inst. the inquest
being first solemnly charged by him upon the evidence, re-
turned verdicts of wilful murder of both the unfortunate
•ietims against Juhn Raithby, late of Theddlethoi pe Saint
Belem, labourer, who was personally present during the
whole of the inquiry, and was thereupon committed by the
Coroner to the Castle of Lincoln, to take his trial for these
offences at the next assizes, instead of leading to the altar a
respectable young woman whom he was to have mantled on
or very day when a jury of his native country pronounced
their awfulacensations, and consigned him to a prison; whence '
" it is devoutly to be wished," he may emancipate himself by
complete proof of his innocence. 'lite immense concourse of
people, not only from the adjacent but from distant parts of
the country, on this melancholy occasion, fully proved the
the teriffic impressions, deep anxiety, and active exertions,
whisth these heart feeling scenes of brrbarons bloodshed had
'Universally created. It is not true, as had been stated, that
(ha prisoner " had one band stabbed rhrungh, as if by the
tines of a fork." The weals(' which originated the suspicion
inside of the tight hand. 'kepi,- across the mwscela qf the
thumb. The unfortunate Hall was followed to the gs it‘e by
a vast cohnoterse of sorrowing spectators from the neighbour-
hoed and the adjacent villages. After the funeral, the Rev.
S. Welfit, vicar of Theddiethorpe, took-the opportunity of
preeching a most excellent and impressive sermon on the
melancholy occassion,in the parish church, which was listened
to with beemning attention by a most crowded congregation.
'fate unfortunate sufferer and his howiskeeper had lived to-
gether for upwards of fifty years, aad were highly respected
its the neighlrosalsood. Front the ,ensatiser of wounds Hall
had on his holly, it is supposed be had a desperate conflict
ith his murderer, ere he lost his life ; indeed, he (Hail) was a
Man of extranrdivary muscular strength of body, and es-
teemed through life am of the tweet courageous and intrepid
men iii the Marsh.—tß,edaa 4,:=ette.)
Monday looming, as the Exeter mail coach was on its
way to London, between Samillbury-green turnpike stout the
finning off flow the road to Richmond, it passed over a large,
*time, the greater part of a broken mile stone, which had'
been placed on the road by attune villain or villains, by which
the coachman, gums!, and an outside passenger were lured,
pitately tlitown off the coach ; and, extraordinary as it may
appeal the biases proceeded to Brentford, where they were
stopped, at a rate not much exceeding their usual pace; so
that fortunately foe the inside assengers, they were not'
apprised of their perilous seat.. At tow distance of shoot
flints yards. another large stifle was placed in the same.
manner, which the coach wf, els also CAM(' in contact with.
The coachman fell on sense gravel, by which he vs.
(wed. guard is the rimy person who received personal
injury, (ruin a lonise on his side, and his right baud is much
hurl, but not dangm-onsly.
At the public office, Cheltenham, a eomplaiat was last
week exhibited by a person stating his name to be George
Brown. by profession a dancing master anti florist, against a
female of the name of Watts. The defendant, a heti called
noon, stated that the complainant had given a along name
fin-that he was no less than the welt known Rewrii* II ithanta,
who was 'lke Monster! several years ago, asid stied at the
Old Bailey, fur au assault, sunder very atrocimus eircum-.4
stance upon the Misses Porter, of St. James's-street. The'
blagtsurates, bent: finished he was the same prawns. die-.
'Hissed the conipluint.
The late Sultana Valitle, mother of the Grand Seignior, who
recently died at Constantinople, was, it is stated in a French
papa r, a Creole, bora at Martinique, the daughter of respect
table parents. Out her voyage to France for flue purposes of
education, the merchant vessel as board of which she was a
passenger was captured by an Algerine corsair, and she be
came a slave at Algiers. Tire French Consul 'dieted to ran-
som her, hat she refused her emsent in tousequessee of an
old negress having predicted to her that she would herentrl
one of She greatest Princesses in the world, and notwithstand-
ing all the entreaties of her relations site persisted in abase ;
Clotting bete (to her fate. TMe predictine nestle negrm wasl
Angularly (stained. Ti e Sultana is said to have beets a beau--t'
OW *Olll4lll. Of Sims. lusting 1111/11111i. IS.
PEDESTRI %NIS st FAT RA0111)111 female we understand,
desirous of emulating the light.heelsd hewer. of the nay, ha. tinder-,
taken to wulk inuo miles in 20 suct.essive days. The acne of action
as to be is air vicinity (Ante nuctrojells; but we bclive neither time nor
64 asaat syut is yet foul

'ION.

BRANDRE.TII.

Brandreth was on Monday afternoon visited by the char
lain of the gaol, to whose religious adnionitious be was es:-
timely attentive. .His conduct since his conviction Ha well
indeed as before, has been decorous Mid correct. lie says
lie is reconciled to his unfortunate situation, and exhi-
bits great firmness in the contemplation of his unhappy fate.
Brandreth has a wife and three children ; and from a letter
which he has written to his wife, it appears that she is How
pregnant of a fourth. All Isis desires now seem to be cen-
tered in the happiness and future prosperity of his family,
for whose sake he has expressed a wish to raise a little sum
of money. Persons who view with proper sentiments the
crime of which the prisoner has been found guilty, but who
at the same time regard the atonement which he is about to
make with the feelings of humanity, have contribated in a
small degree to his desires, fur which the wretched titan has
expressed himself most grateful.
The following is a literal copy of his letter, which, as it
shows the spirit of hismility by which he is at present Hem.
ated, and can prothice un mi-chief, but may have a different
effect upon the minds of those, who, like him, may have d,-
parted from the paths of religion, we have no hesitation iu
giving to our readers. Front the sty le and inamier of the
composition, it wonld appear that the charge of ignorance
brought against him is not fully justified. The letter dot's
not certainly exhibit much of erudition ; but it shows a
mind fully acquainted with the dictates amorality.—

" Derby Gaol, Oct. 18.
"My dearly beloved Wife.--At last I thought it my duty to write
a few Imes toynu, which I am sure will affect you very MUCII, to in-
iiinn you of my dreadful situation; but I hope God will be your
fiend.; and if you will by prayer appeal to God, you will undoubted-
ly find great consolation and relict for your distress, and as a hus-
band and father let me entreat you, that you will act a motherly
part to the poor fatherless children, and bring them up in the fear
of God, which is myniost sincere desire, and likewise conduct your-
self in an undeniable wanner, as an example to the children to the
love and fear of God, in the faith of Jesus Christ, so that you may
rever depart from the faith in Christ; and I wish for the con% incing
of all the souls in the house, that they may be at the arrival of this,
and that we may all meet in heaven, where tmuldts; ceases and all is
joy and glory ! And I pray to Gvil my this fittal stroke be joy to all
that belong to me, instead of sorrow. Oh ! that I play be the cause
of their holy salvation—may it penetrate each wounded heart, so as
to be their sole conversion to God. My dear. you may suppose my
' feelings are not easily to be described. At this time the sentence is
not passed; but I am found guilty by the jury this day. My &at
wife, it would give me great consolation if I could see you before I
depart from this life; but my dear, it you are pregnant. I would
have you advise with our poor distressed mother-in-law, whether it
would be proper or not ; and if she thinks it would ono he of serious
consequnce, I should be very glad, bat let it be well considered
before you come to me, and if you do not come, l t your father (it he
thinks it would not lie more than he ran bear), as I know be is of a
very timorous turn ; but if neither conies. I shall write again, if God
permits me. So, my beloved wife, I hope you will twine my short
letter at this time. You may inform all friends that God gave rue
great fortitude to bear up my spirit, on trial. So I hope the blessings
of God will be with you all, and most especially with you and our
poor little babes. So I conclude.
" Your most aflktionate husband,
J HIE:MAU BILAN 'METH."
For Ann Brandreth, Gen. Bridget's
Bedlain-court, Sutton in Ashfield.

A country paper givistlie following acconat of John Ash.
ley, (left for execution at the last Sonieraet Assizes, fur forg-
ing a Waterloo ticket), who, with 1$ capital convicts, have
been removed from IleMester gaol to the Juatitia hulk on the
river Thaws, and are all to be transported for life. He was
in the enttngentealt as a marine, when Admiral Duncan cap-
tured Ibe Date& meet; and was one of the chosen band who
carried the trophies taken iu this engagement to St. Patti's.'
He afterwards became a soldier in the 4th regiment, and was
with the Duke of York in Holland, where he formed one of
42 that were rent to ielieve Isis Koval Highness at the time
his horse was unable to pass a certain dyke ; he tt as the %hide
of the campaign whit General aloore, and with him obeli he
tell at Ciffaalia he was at Copenhagen and WaleheiCli; and
again through the Peohistda with Wellington, being at the
battles of Hiroshi*, Salem:knee, at the siege of Ihadajos, Ila.
gnome, and many others, when he was dr:mottled for Ame-
rica; 1w was at the burning told sacking of Wathington,
with Gen. Rosa; he.cente bonne, and iuuuediatcty tartbarkid
ler service at Dover.; he landed at Ostend, and arrived in the
neighbourhood 4'We/teals.° en the es ening of the ltith laid on
his arms all night, forming in the intoning early, and gut on
the plains of Waterloo : lw borsht on the ISO', until pierced
with live of the enemy's musket—hots, wisest till, and was
removed in his turn, with others, to the Elizabeth Hospital,
at Brussels, where he remained three months.
Another dreadful murder was committed/ Will' Wells, in the
county of Norfolk, on the 11th instant, hi -open day. The
unturinnate victim of this atrocious crane is Mr. Robert
Baker, sett., a glover and breeches maker, resident In the
above town, a mail of most respectaide character. It ap-
pears that Mr. Baker hail, on theasiorning of the day abuse
mentioned, gone out on foot 'Ovalle purpose of collecting the
amount of some bills due to persons in the neighbour-
hood ; and that on his return-to Wells, between the hours of
three and fony in the afternoon, be was robbed, and after-
wards murdered in the •otott barbarous manner, by two or
more villains, hitherto undiscosered, within 200 yards from
the town, in a place- called Market lane. The deceased was
not discovered tit: ,alhotit. eight o'clock on the Monday morn-
ing. A mart named Ineye, who was looking for his donkey,
accidentally (deserved the body lying by the side of the hedge,
and imottaliately communicated thevircumstance to two per-
sons; eho were passingthrough the Lane, and salto,•vritli Doye,
weut up to the body. thi examination, they discovered, by
the dress, that it was Mr. Robert Baker : it was impossible to
recognize the features of the deceased on account of their
mangled state. The remains presented a most dreadful spec-
tacle ; the back part of the scull was completely beaten in,
and the throat cat. Two sticks of singular ferns, supposed to
oeloog to 11w um-driers, were found neat the spot, where,•
trims the appearance of the .ground, it is concluded their
bloody purpose was effected: one of them was broken is
two The deceased's waiking-htick was also found there,l
covered with clots of blood,ltraint and hair. The body seemed
to have. been (bagged some way by the cape of the great coat,
which enveloped the head : in this state it was seen by some
boys oil We Sninday ; but Hwy taking it for a drunken man
4sW•ll, enstrnted themsrlaci. aids threoicitig atone* at it, and
tell it. Kills uttering a roviard of !Out. for the apprehension
at the 'detest, and gismo IS description of two 4sersoies
strnnaly suspected, were ietuncliately elucidated, and even
meant used to discover the perpeti mots. A man is in custody
its Forvi Orli Castle, undo snots etreoupstauycs ill 4Whilic4oll or,
being concerned in the above murder.

ACCIDENT

OCT. 17.•.

OFFgNCES,4v.

ImunEsTs.—An inquest has been held at the Elephantpublic-
house. Kingsland, in the purith of Hackney, before John WW right
Esq. Coroner for the East division of the county of Middlecea.
on the body of a poor black man, whose name was unknown, who
came to his death in the folio% ing shocking and extritordiairy

manner :
Thomas Parsley deposed. he is a labourer in the employ of Mr.
lubsen,, beckmaker, of Kingdand ; that about six o'clock on last
Saturday morning he was going to his work, and went to one of the
clamps of bricks in Mr. Hob son's field to get a light to smoke his
pipe ; when he got un me top of the clamp he saw the deceased ly-
ing down ; witness stirred him, and finding be was dead, he ales'
other men who were at work in the *lll to MIRe to him ; the de-
cdscd was lying on his side over the flame which issued through the
interstices of the bricks, and was burned all over in the most shock-
ing manner. his left eye (the side on which he lay) being literaLy
burned out cut his head. The deceased was well known in the
neighbourhotal, by his going about selling religious tracts, some of
which were found in his pocket ; and he thinks that the deceased.
from the want of means to procure a lodging, was necessitated to go
to sleep there for warmth. The body appeared as if it had been
baked ; they carried it to a shed thr the coroner. inquest.
Mr. William Hare, surgeon of Hackney, sworn, said he examined
the body, and found it dreadfully burned in every part, having no
marks of violence en it. Verdict—Accidental death, front softiies-
don and burning.

Particulars of an inquest M Plymouth Thursday week :
It appeared that Jelin Green. attendant on the boat which con-
veys the Cornish mail to Torpoint. and Rebecca Smith. wife of Gil.
ben Smith. a rigger in his Majesty's !hick-yard, met together at the
Linn and Anchor, in ('berry-garden-street. After drinking a pint of
beer, Green called for another, requesting the landlady to warm a
glass of it for the female, whose mouth, he said was sore. They
sat opposite to each other in the back parlour, with the door open
to the passage, apparently on the moat amicable terms. Soon after-
wards Smith left the room and returned again, when Green went to
the tap-renui tire, lighted his pipe, and rejoined her in the same
apartment, about a quarter of an hour subsequent to tms
the landlady (Sarah Coates) saw Smith coming to the bar,
moving her lips as if endeavouring to speak, through un-
able to do so, while blood flowed profusely from her throat.
Mrs. Coates instantly called for assistance, and having seated
Snail' in a chair, and placed her under the me of another
woman hastened in search of a surgeon. In the mean time the
landlord ran to the back room, the door of which WAS still open.
where he discovered Green behind the door, in die act of wiping off
the awl from his face and hands, with which his clothes also were
nearly covered. The landlord exclaimed, " What have you been
doing, you scoundrel ! Green replied. "She attempted to cut my
throat, and I have cut hers." He was then taken into custody h
two men from the tap-room, who conveyed bhu to the Town Hall
prison. The surgeon. on CXAMilling Smith, found there was no
chance of saving "her life, die wad in her thtoat being finally de-
cisive. A case knife, dyed with gore, was discovered by the peace-
officer,. secreted under some shavings in the apartment where the
prisoner and Smith had been sitting. and afterwards sworn to. as be-
longing to Elizabeth not[Simi ite, at whose house the prisoner had
lodged five weeks.
Gilbert Smith, husband of the deceased, stated, that site eloped
with Green a year and a half since, leaving behind her two children
and had cohabited with him in Ireland. until two months re-
ceding this event, when she entreated permission to return to hint
and her children, to which he consented, on her promise of future
amendment. Soon after her arrival here. Green made his appear-
mem, mad being frequently seen by the husband loitering about the
door, was desired to abstain how such conduct.
Mrs. Wilson, livin_g in • room adjoining that occupied by the
deceased. at N 0.17. Yore-street, said, that in an interview she wit-
nessed beeweco the prisoner and deceased, the Later said to use
former, " Jack Green. you mean nothing but to murder met" zzi
which he answered," I value not my own life, but I don't wish to
hurt you." She then requested that he would never again come into
her presence. which he promised, but neither of the parties bad
resolution enough to abide by this wise determination. The jury
• ithout any hesitation, brought in a verdict of W ilful l ender, and
he was accordingly committed to Exeter gaol, to be tried at the as-
sizes in March next . !ow., to reirKropit, Solurday. (Al. 18.
An inquisition was taken on Tuesday before H. Lewis Esq. Coro-
ner, at die Turf Tap, Grosvenor place, on the body of Denis Kenny.
a well known character, who for the last 13 years has sold fruit at a
mall at Hyde Park Corner and who died on Sunday morning last, in
St. Ceorge's hospital from having an excessive qnantity of medicine
of a. darn nous quality, administeml to hint accido.klly by the
nurse. It appeared front the evidence of I lewitt, resident Apothecary.
to the hospital, that he had delivered aphial of medicine to Catharine
Walker, une of the nurses, a fifteenth pan of which was to be admi-
nistered at a time to Kenny ; and from the confession oftWal'aer it
appeared that in the hurry of business she had atlmini•t:red the
whole. Every effort had been made to save the life of the deceased,
utter the accident was discovered.
The jury, after a short consultation, returned the fallowing ver-
dict :—Died in consequence of having administered to him, by ccel.
dent, an cxers,ive quantity of medicine of a deleterious nature.
An Inquisition was taken on Thursday night at the Lord Sealers
tavern, Somers-town, before Thomas Stirling, Esq. on the body of
Robert Dowland, a chimney sweeper, twelve years of age, apprentice
to a master chimney sweeper, named Hall, residing at St.
Prancnis. The unfortumite boy had been employed by Ins master,
on Tuesday last, in sweeping the oven flues in the bakehouse of Mr.
Bishop. bake[, Somers-town. It appeared from the evidence of Mrs.
Bishop and other witnes.es„ that the boy bad been first sent imr, the
flue of an oven which had been built about three weeks ago. '!'here
had been tire recently in die oven. After having Acne to the top,
and having been up about a quarter of an hour, the buy came down
and complained that his arm pained him very much. It had either
bear scorched by the bricks m the flue, or lacerated. His Master
then sent him np the flue of an old oven, wberehe reinnined about
an hour. When Mrs. Bishop spoke to the master sweep on the sub-
ject., he said that the boy moo sulky, and was taking a nap in the flue.
The boy cued, and Mr. Biagi, contrary to the opinion of Ilan, in.
sided on pulling down the bride-work of die flue, to see what was the
matter. Having demolished part of the flue, Mr. Bishop took out
the•boy, who was found completely burned in the sloe Ile was car-
ried out into the air, and surgeons sent for, but all endeavours to re-
saver hint proved fruitless.
DARINC. nOSHERY.—Cosa, Ocr. 15.—0 n Sunday evening
last., alt about 8 o'clock, the Rev. Archdeacon C.ollis was siting in the
parlonrof his house, near Rathcormuck, in company with his son
Captain Collis, of the late North Coda militia, when a man entered,
whose appearance justified the well-founded suspicion of those gentle-
men that their visitor came with no good object in view. Captain
Collis immediately seized the poker, and a struggle ensued between
him and the robber, which was interrupted by the entrance of four
or five ethers, who said it was useless to resist them, which ass evi-
dent from their numbers and appearance. They had succeeded be-
forehand in securing the servants outside. The depredators then
surveyed the room, in which was some plate and either ankles ; but
these they did not touch. saying, they would be content with some
money and whatever arms were in the home.; and with these de-
mands the Archdeacon and his son, situated as we have described,
were obliged to comply. Raving obtained both, the robbers de-
camped, since when no trace of them has been discovered, &with a
diligent seareh was immediately commenced, ii. which the gentry of
the neighbourhood took anteater pan.
On Sunday se'nnight, the bleaching grounds of Messrs. Kilburn,
of Croydon, were robbed of several tuallosl yard. of linen, which
were carried away without any trace Nina; lilt of the thieves or the
ProPerif•

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POLICE.