The National Register.
London, England, 1814-04-03 00:00:00

lONAL RfiGISTFR.

money, anti have isatied , adsantage
fir widows, childreu, and survivors, &c." pr.,.a;tas lv as su alluremeut
far the lower classes to pay one shilling per week. el* ,heir ad-
vertisements it was headeo, ". Misery unparalleled." It went on to
state the case of a widow confined in child-bed, surrounded by her nu.
"'terms offspring, who were afflicted by complicated mi-fortuues. It
then proceeded in very sympathetic language, addressed to
ltke Oldie ditrophists, and solicits a further bounty in addition to what
she had a::eads received.
John Ben ge.'h plicid, the youth who answered one of their plausi-
ble adeertisemeres for a place for a young man, was informed
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was a lessee in rot insurance offce, when he applied a' the office of the
gang in Clef:were inn, in addaiot. io what lie skid at their first exami-
nation, stated. that in his differeet iuterviews with Thompson, in talc
tuent's her, 1w colisidered his name Lluttoti, which was the firm of :he
office, out heil in of a Mr Thom: owe, he enquired of a yotrag man
who acted there ':s Thampeon's clerk, which was Thompson ? when
he pointed out to him a fat, !slily mot, who wore powder. Thompson
told him that the prisoner Mason was plincipal in the insurance-office,
and had the appointment of all the junior clerks; that he was a rich
old etiontigeon, and although he did not' appear in the maney trJes•
action-, yet lie was to receive all the 351. which lie paid for the ap-
peint.aent, and they were obliged to. act with a deal of caution, as Mrs.
Clarl.e had ;rade, it very dangerous to have any thing to di' with the
sale ot pl ees . Thompson gale him a receipt or memorandum, on a
piece it p:rper without a stantp, f-r the 351. signed Hutton and Cu).
lie also stated. that lie gave Thompson a promissory note fur five
euineo, payable in two Anomie+, far his agency in the business.
Thompson having stated to him then the prisolier Mason was to have
the whole of the 551.; which note was found among the papers seized
in Clement's inn.
The next case gone into against the prisoners was a Eimilar one to
the al.over with (.ieurge George, a eolith 16 years of age. the son of
Mrs. CioNe, who kec P 5 tilt'. mileodtuuse and gate at the Stable-yard,
St. Jaines'a, from whosti Thourpsou attained :301. fur in place is the ni-
si:rat:cc-011;re.
Samuel Alaine, the uncle of the youth, stated that he answered the
adveitisenunt to Peek's Coffee-house, and received a letter desiring
him to call in Clement's-bin, where he accordingly went, and had se-
veral interviews with Thampson. Mason carried on the farce to spelt
sr pitch, as to write to the buy's schoolmaster, 23 miles out-of London,
fur his character as to his murals and abilities, and received snob a very
ilettering answer as to both, that Mason said he should pay particular
aatentiati to his improvement in the offixe. At length Mr. Maine gave
Thompson a check fer.lol. ou Prescotts, the bankers, at the Worcester
Coffee-house, the curlier of Swallow-street, and Thomson gave hint a
almi'ar receipt without a stamp, and signed it Hatton and Co.
The troids which have been committed under the diabolical pre-
tences of raising money for charities was then gone into, which we:e
considered of it more heinous nature than the others, as they prevented
the hamatie from bestowing their I:erevolence to snuch larger extent
flow they did, fur fear of imposition. The fictitious advertisement.
ighich it appears they hat! acted upon the most, was headed, "
paralleled distress," and followed with a very distressing case of a
itavid officer's widow, who was cooftned in child-bed, with her nume-
rous offspring starving, which purported to be certified by a Student in
Nidwiterv, belteleilig to the Middlesex Hospital.
A gentleman attended, and proved his paying 51. for Mr. Hope to
Thompson. ,nether gentleman proved his paying 41. to Mason, as the
subscriptimi of the Earl and Countess of Manvers. Also another gen-.
tlenum stated, th.it fie had been written to by a friend, a'so wiles in he
canary, who had seen the advertisement. 'which was worded in such
distressing language thaelee desired him to subscribe for him.
Witnesses were ortieted to be advertised for in this case, as well as
the Student in Midwifery, to ascertain it there was such a person.
They were commited fur tuttletr examination.

ACCIDE.N7'S AND OFFENC2S.

MURDER.

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A most atrot•inum murder was committed in the night of Friday
Srititight, at Perdeu, near lii‘hop Shit tford, Hertflud.liire. Sortie
villains broke non he shop of Mr. Henry Trigg, a ',lv:maker, at
that place, avid being hearts the owner, who slept over the sln-p,
by alarmed his father and mother, when they, without covering,
went down staiig, where they disc,,vercd two men packing up the
slioe. mil the leather into the sacks. Te.izg-the younger, tieing
strt:ng athletic man, only eight and twenty years of and who
was constable-.of the parish, inunctliately. attacked one of thew

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with his staff which he mollify kept his bedroom, and by
ing his blows, got heti d .wa. At thislime Trigg's father avid mo-
ther had arrived to his assistance, and the father called out to the
son to dress the flow sten, when a man, apparently taller than
the out down, attacke,l the father,, and soon after fired a utm or
pistol, not With into:.►. it is supposed to kill, as it injured no one,
but tier the pirposi• al:irmitig the whole of die family, and there-
by frvonr t4e escape of .hinvielf and those concerned with him.
.iiF had the desired effect, as the lonng man, alarmed for the
safety of his father and mother, immediately got up, and del rs -
leased his prisoner, who, it is supposed, must be very seriously
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jured from the blows upon the head %bleb he received-fromthe staff,
and also from many other blows about the face and body. The
villain wit. fir-I fired, and MO must have had had two pistols, or
what is more generally supposed, a double harrellcil goo, on see-
Trigg the younger rise, and his companion liberatt d, steprel
:,ask two or three paces, and then exchomed, ",now damn your
heart, I will do for you now" and instantly pulled the fatal
trigger, when the contents of die piece which were. shot passed
directly through the young man's heart, and he expired without a
groan. The report of fire arms and distracted lamentations of the
father anti mother, wl.o had heard the words-of the murderer, had
seen the fire from the pan, and at the same instant their son fill,
soon alarmed the neighbourhood,. and particularly Mr. I ate
Hodges, of nerdy!' Hall, whose yard nearly adjoins the sheemal.tes
shop. As soon as the melancholy circumstance was known, tho
most 'amiable exertions were made, and have continued ever since.,
by the inhabitants of Beritett and its vicinity, for the discovery ef
the offenders, but we are sorry to say that so late as ‘Vednesilay
morning, nothing had transpired, although Vickery :mil Bishop, two
Bow•street Officers, had been on Cie spot for severA days. A most
respectable Coroner's Jury was convened on Tuesday last, to sit
upon the bOdy of the deceased, but no evidence cause before the
jurors, which tended positively, to fie this vile deed upon ally par-
ticular person ; a verdict was therefore returned of Wilful Murder
against persons unknown.
A murder of the most barbarous and. enproveked description
was committed in the night of the 4th current, at Cawnpore, on
the person of Lieutenant Cooper, of his Majesty'. 07th Regiment
by an European private named Willy, belonging to the same corpq.
It appears by the account of this transaction, with which we have
been favoured, that the deceased being the officer of the main-
guard fur the night, had laid down on his couch about ten o'clock,
and that Reilly was on duty as centinel in the same veranials, while
Lienteuant Cooper-wa' reposing : a short time after ho was plat Cif.
Reilly asked Lientensut Cooper's bearer for a glass of noel;
but the man, it is stated, would not get up. Whether provokel
by this circumstance. or from what other cause, certainly does net
appear; we are told that the centinel proceeded forwith &libe-
-1 rattly to lead his firelock, and 'infixing the bayonet so as to get
near his object, he rested his piece on the couch, with the movie
• close to the head of Mr. Cooper (who was that time fast asleep)
and blew his brains out.

'the report of the musket brought the serjeaut of the guard to
the :Tot, who found Lieutenant Cooper.hloeding and dead. Reilly,
in the mean while, had reloaded his piece, which he presented at
the serjeant, but the latter instantly rushed on him, wrested the mus-
ket from his hands, and secured. him. The only mason which tl.e
' wretch assigned for this act was, that Mt. Cooper's servant had
once before •setnsed -to give him water. He was of course Et-
dcred into close confinement, and would be sent to Calcutta fur
trial. We lament to add that. the deceased .as left a Atidow and
family to ;atheist his loss.— (Calcutta Ga:. Sept.2s.)
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SINGULAR OcconstENce.--Wednesday a chariot st*ppped at the
door of tile Lying-its Hospital; in ldrownlow-sttAet, Long-acre. la
the chariot was a lady of good appearauee, with a young mild ; and
she stated' that her errand thither Was.ta seek a wet-nurse f a her
infant. She was very ',Articular its her entintries,atter a healu.y
woman, and she preferred seeing a healthy child before she fixed Oil
a nurse. One of the womeer brought her child Wrapped up, ard
handed it, covered up, into the carriage,„ and at.the same time the
.iaily desired the nurse to fetch some ti 'fling article. During tit:4
interval, the lady contrived to exchange the wrappers of the chill
hrotetht her, to an-other Ale had in the carriage, which she called het
own, and on the return of the woman, she gave her a child, remnldine
het to keep the wrappers-well over it.: Bile expressed lierselt ple 0.0
with its healthy appearance, and left to call again the next day. It
was soon atter discovered chat the child bad been exchanged, and a
tittle tawny one left in its' stead. The Trustees of the Hospital
have not beealabte to trace the Way., .
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