The National Register.
London, England, 1815-09-03 00:00:00

TIII NATIONAL armsernit.

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poor man, unaware of the operation he bad gone through, undid his
bandages and bled to death.
Matthew Brown and William Clark (blacks), are committed to
}xeter Gaol, from Plymouth Dock. for robbing W. Gould, on Stone-
house Bridge, near that town, and taking from him biii watch and
pocket-book, with 151. iu notes in it. These men bad just been paid
off, and spent all their money. The loss of money by the seamen at
Plyntontli, is stated to be immense. There is one case of a seaman,
lately belonging to a brig of war, who had been paid 3001. prize-
money at one payment, and 371. at a second, walking up Fore-
street a few days after, without money, jacket, or shoes. Sums of
Rt3l. 401. 501. and even 801 have been lost in an hour or two, and
the unfortunate losers reduced to a state of depoutlency and Star-
vation.

DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—As Mr. Stephen Toghill, jnn. of
Threshman farm, in the neighbourhood of Hawkesbnry.tptem,
Gloucestershire, was returning home from reaping, a few days ago,
having in his possession a gun„, which lie had taken out in the morn-
iug tar the pm pose of shooting birds off the corn, he perceived a
rabbit ;he fired at it but did not kill the animal. A gamekeeper
Earned Salter, seeing this act, demanded the farmei's gun, which he
refused giving ; the consequence was the gamekeeper endeavoured
to wrest it from him by force; but failing to accomplish his pur-
pose, he took his own gun, and began beating Toghill with the but
end of it ; in the scuffle, Togitill's gun went off, and shocking to
relate, he received the entire contents of his own piece, which en-
tered the groin ama came out at the back. There are no hopes of
Lir recovery.
AituoClotis MURDER.—We have of late observed, with feelings
of the utmost horror, the frequent recital in the London papers of
tie perpetration of barbarous and inhuman murders; and we had
but too hastily congratulated ourselves upon the comparatively
peaceable and humane disposition of the people of tins neighbour-
hood; it however becomes our painful duty to announce to our
readers this day. a murder of the very blackest hue, committed in
the night of Monday last, within nine miles of this city, upon the
body of an innocent and unotlending female. Miss Smith, of East
Ilerriugton, near Houghton-le Spring, a person possessed of coo-
Aderable property, but whose penurious habits may very justly be
compared to those of the celebrated miser, Elwes, having occasion
to go train, home on the 19111 ult. left her house in charge of her set-
vhut, Isatie lee Young, who had only been in her employ a tewdaya.
This unfortunate female, who is understood to have conducted her-
self with the utmost propriety in her new situation, had been
alarmed two or three eights dining the absence of her mistress, by
,persons attempting to open the doors and windows of the house,
and had requested of a neighbour, on Monday last, to allow her
daughter to sleep wit" her as company, which was refused. On-
Tuesday morning, about two o'clock, the house was discovered to
be on fire, and the neighbourhood being alarmed, the people flocked
to render assistance, when they found the poor girl had been most
savauely murdered ; her scull was dreadfully cut and fractured, ap-
parently by an axe or other sharp instrument, her eyes beaten in.
:red her jaw-bone and teeth broken. She had not the lent signs of '
...hen discovered. It would appear that the villains who com-
tiitted !his foul and bloody deed had expected to possess themselves
of considerable wealth from the coffers of the parsimonious lady,
but ill this we understand they would be disappointed; and the un-
fbrtunate servant having prr.bably interfered cr known some of the
rohl!ers, they had come to tic fiend like resolution to destroy her,
and the better to ebsente their guilt, had set the house or fire, is,
hope, to commoe the body, and else the whole the appearlece of'
aceiiivnt Heaven, huwever, ordained it other wire, and the mur-
dered onrge was rescued from the fLmes, es evidenoe spriest di/-
I.IIIIIMM monsters. The house, was almost entirely consumed, little
g.:eept the wails now remaining. A reward of One Hundred
(I:uiucas has been offered for thi discovery of the perpetrators of the
deed, and we understand there is ?teaser to suspect they art
rut fir from the :pot where the murder was eommitted.-:--lif.n'.aar
Cczatly Adv.
On Friday last, au inqui-itiou was taken at tha parch wok,'
`.:owse, lim-y St. Ldiounds, on the body of Robert Hopson (late of.
Ciayilar), ..Ito died early the preceding morning. On the Co-wires
inc':, st it i:ppeared that the deceased (a casual pauper) had been
Furnloani All Sands, where he took refuge in a cart
. was removed from theme to the north end of the town
Tut'sday eveniug, in an open cert, and there abandou.
ed to e e!i.ince of receiving more humane attention from the pa-
rkh offioer- of Dory than he experienced at the tbrmer
tl Cc.—
Z: teeing lifted ont of the cart by the pernon employed to drive
et, ulio felaeutd back to fottabanr, tee walked a ft*. sk.H.lt4; blit was

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so weak that he fell down nest the Horse Shoes fun, from mlien,-e
he was afterwards supported by otie of the beailles till he stinire,l
the workhouse, where the must humane attention was paid to t:is
relief :he survived, lioviever, wily n 6 hours! The Jtiry, which was
very respectable, after two hours' investigation, returned their
diet. "That Robert Hopson died by the visitation of God, Init Ins
death was hastened by the inhuman rrmosol, by corder of the
seer and constable of Furnharn All Stints; and the Jury rei-upt-
mended that the said parish officers be kri,becuted try intlictmet.t
if found amenable to the laws.

An Irquest was held on Monday on Thomas Connor, ne*ll 3n, a'
;mire in Covent•garden Market, stbo (bed from dritikitn: a quart
of gin on the day previous. Ile- was in the daily habit of getting
drunk, and the Jury returned a verdict of—Died hyntoxication.
HOUtt ID MurtnEtt.—On Friday night last, 86 Pti Irish labourer awl
his wife, wini had been some ti.e at harvest wuik for Mr. Bell, Bore--
ham-wood, near Barnet, were going to their lodgings, a dispute arcers
between them relative to the disposal of fols. which be hu.l just received,
and which terminated in the murder of the woman, in a must dreadful-
manner. . The husband went to the hedge mud took out a stoke. rued
struck her upon her head for nearly five minutes, until he supposed ire
had killed her, when he went away to his home, A man at some dis-
tance, by trade a bricklayer, who had seen the dreadful event, but
feared to go near while the labourer was there, immediately went to the
poor woman, and finding her not quite dead, conveyed her to the Bell
public-house, Barnet-gate, where she lingered about two hours and
then expired. The murderer was immediately token into custnie, and
when informed of his wife's death, he only all:ed to sce his dear I:.4eg
once inert, then he eared not shunt being hung. as that was only half
an hour's botheration. He was committed to Hertford gaol 1.4
A Coroner's inquest sat upon view of the body, and a verdict of Wiltul
Murder was brought against the ptisoner.
A disturbance lately took place at Strood Fair, near Chatham, he.
tween some military and yoittig men present, which grew to an alarm-
ing height, and was not suppressed till after a desperate conflict, its
which the soldiers were overpowered, and seveLal of them cu beaten as
,to be left for dead. The latter had previously used their side-arins, Mast
dangerously wounded many person..—Eleven soldiers are in custody.