The National Register.
London, England, 1814-02-27 00:00:00

ACCIDLATS AND OFTLNCES.

WI AstrivG.--I\fr. Romstnis's window., in Cheapside, which
htive so frequently hien assailed by the City Backe, were again &thick-
ed tm Saturday right week, and a penny piece was dashed through a
pin of glass ot the value of t 1. Ms. The shcpinan perceived the pently
piece come from a hackney-coach which was passing, and immediately
followed it, and, with some difficulty, he ;rot the door open, when he
accused two gentlemen ss+o were in it of having broken the window.
They. Imwevet, denied toe charge, and called to the coachman to
drive on and cut the young man's eves out. The coachman did whip
his horse., and also cut at the shopman several time.. lle finally escaped,
but the number of his coach was obtained, A Solicitor yesterday ap-
plied to the Sitting Alderioan at Guilrlhttll for a warrant to apprehend
she coac`intAn, but the worthy Alderman would not grant a warrant, a',
he conceive.l, the assiitill had burn committed by tho shopinatt in stop-
ping the coach ; he wt,nld, however, grant a summons. This the Su•
lit:nor would urn take, but declared leis intention of indicting the
e,tachittan at the Sessions. Mr. Romanis, who has suffered much in his
purse by these zatacks, saspects a conspii acy has been formed against

he followine are some nd-litional particulars relative to the end ef
Miss Levitiia Robinson, of "%lanchrster selected, from a minute detail,
inserted in the Manc'esster Esclemee Her :-- Miss L. R. at 11:e
time of her disappearance, war. twenty yearc end ten months olrl ; 511 C
was on the eye of nia:::iar %ell Mr. Holrovd, a sorgeon of MarsCht'll•
ter ; the harms had heel) tout up in the church (she being under age
nod without pereets), and the enotials were to have been sb'ensuired
ti.e:Nalt of January. On the evening; of the 16th of December,
Mr. H. crime as tioraf to we his atli:lnced bride, and was left alone
with her ; the family retired to lied. On the following:morning it was
discovered that she had left time lion-e, and on the table was found
the bete, and which created great alarm in the minds of her relatives,.
who in dcdare it not to be her hand writing. A•eentlemen who
had mar-ied one the sister:, iminediateiy waited' on \!r. H. and was
ti)111 by I,i;n, in substance, persisted in before the Megisarries ;.
" I resolved upon the desperate alteroati e of bring convinced of her
before inarrilee. On Thuraday, December 16, I discovered,
ith horror, 'lout my fears were reelized—l iminediattly taxed her
with it ; in answer to which •he asserted her innocence with-consider-
able vehemence." The protessioiial men who exatoil ed the belly of
the poor girl, after it had floated•upoithr water, from an inmersion of
fif:y-two days, gave a clear testimons- Uf their being :i:m truth in Oil
diabolical calumny, On Tuesday the It, the ronait.s of dm fair

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offerer were ernemitted -to the ,grrete, in St, Johieti. Church-, aid,
I:l,atche,ter, attended by mouroing thousands.. Five sisters and three
voune brothers ate left to bewail- the fate of the most virtuous of her I
f-s ; possessing the best qualities of the town: superior mental- endow-
rods, and a correct sense of the duties• of religion. inclosed in a form •
‘vorthy of such a mind. The family are not •in opulence; but not
destitute of friends, or of p,;cuniary resources to seppsirt a resprxtuble .
Tine in society.
From the time that the much lamented Miss Lavinia Robinson was
n• .sing, and more especially, after the rtlagistratesh..d token the infor-
mations of hei;aster,, her brother, her brother-in-law, Mr. Barlow, &c.
aid had received the defence which Mr. liolroyd (or Uldroyd, for so
we are told he formerly spelt his name) made, the murinnrs'of the
public. if nut laud, were ccep. But when the body was baind-=aced ;
particidatly alter it was bunight hLate to the house of Miss Robinson,
rwh ch win very nearly situate to that of the -object of public dis-
p:easure—the popular voice was Iv Ad wins! him, and every morning ,
newly written invt'cnires were observable in large characters on the
/*atm shutters, walls &c. of empty tiAlses. Al.ont the er.d of the
week, the windows of the house were attacked by stones, and his door
with mud. Ile resorted to the municipality fur, protecti,m, but ns he
could not point nut the persons who had been guilty of the breach of
the peace, no remedy could be applied. At the beginning of last
'seek, every evening produced a. new proof of thtt resentment .of
the populace. by similar acts of violence ; and en Thursday
nit Ll, the climax seemed to have. arrived, for soiree ly a pile of
glass EA gu.trdt (1 by shutters was !eft whole, and the panneis of the
Bunt doors were shattered. Dtiritio the .whale of friday crowds
Ail persons were assembled in front of his house tri witness the effect of
public resentment, which was honed by exciatnations in favour of the
young lady, whose corps was carried so recently by his dcor, on its way
to interment. A kind of fur:: seemed to hang on tly: minds of the
lower classes of society, which threatened most s.etions consequences to
Mr. llalruyd, who, in coarse of the afternoon of that day, gave way
to the popubir feeling rieainst ; and contrary to his previously
declared doermittatlon, h^ leq lite town, under the protection of the
constablcs.—There is, notwithstaisiing, a large rutty in Manchester,
)141 consider Mr. 11 bar-ht; Lrevied, at the same time that they !
sympathise in the fate of Miss llgoinson.
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At Pre,liaw House, Hants, the Right Hon. Lady Mary Long, of
a daughter.

MARRIED.

At Grove House, the seat of Colonel Eyre, in Nottinghamshire,
Mr. G. Vernon, seventh on of the Archbishop ut Yolk, to Miss
Eyre, eldest daughter of Colonel Eyre.
DIED.

In rins!anry-tagnare, in the 79111 year of his age, J. Peacock, Esq.
45 y eat s ita the Office taf Works: (inildhall. _ _ _

At a vt ry advanced are, on Woolwich Common, Gen. Huddleston,
of :he Royal ReOm* ut of Artillery, who bad passed a great part of
his life in ArnMea. and had. shesvii himself a most gallant Officer on
occasionc• He- was descended flora the ancient family of
lluddleston, of Sawston, Canibrideeshire.
At Scarborough, in the 104th yew of his age, Mr. B. Johnson, a
celebrated musical charaeter.

At his hou,e, Broniley, Tibia, W. Child, "Esq. aged 82.

HAZARD, FiURNE, and Co. Pow.. ExcliAricz, rffspectfully
inform the Public, that. they have on in variety of Nuoibers,
Tickets and Shores for the present Small Lottery of 8,000 Tickets, to
do urawn in Two Days, viz. the 4:11 and 14'.11,,f MARCH.

THE SCHEME CONTAINS
I . . . . Prizes of
. . . Ditto •
. . Ditto
&c. &c. &c.
Letters, Post paid, duly answered, and Scheme; gratis.

LOTTERY OFFICE. No. I, HOLBORN BARS.
BRANSCOME & PERRY
Are selling Tit:Lets and Shares in a variety of numbers at the abry
OlLice, for the SMALL LOTTERY, which begins Drawing NEXT
IFR I.1)A Y. containing Two Prizes of
40,0001 besides g ) other C.-ipitals, and only 8,000 Tickets.
BRAN.SCOMB AND PERRY
Beg to remind their Friends that their Office is the CORNER
HOUSE HOLBORN BARS, where was sold
No. 231. the last Priz.• of 50001. ever drawn ;
No. eses, tin:tinily 20,5.001. in Eleven Shares; being the largest P. ss
bold foi 21 Lotteries-.