The National Register.
London, England, 1823-05-11 00:00:00

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wards got out of bid and placed • chair against the doer'
to fasten it, and drew the window blinds; the deceased
then said, " Now we shall die happy together ;" this was
between two asidthree o'clock ; he asked the deceased
how she value by the notary she had given loins, she said,
" That is of nu consequence, and dims not signify-;" that
the deceased and the witness conversed together about
different thing., till about eight o'clock ; she said she bad
sent her gown to her aunt's, and that the money came
from her; the laudations did not take soy effect till about
Iwo, she then began to sleep ; the witoessiwas sick about
titer, and the deceased was awake et that tines-she was
not sick at all, and fell into a mend sleep at ail) the
witness awoke bee between six end sem% the deceased
Mee said, " How large your eyes look witness sail to
her,. " Mary, I em afraid, my laudawaum will take no
effect ;" the deceased said, " Oh, dear, if I die without
you, and you eremites% before a coast of justice, I Ault
not die easy;" witness told tier she might he quite Kappy,
rov if4t-did not take effect, be wield get up and buy some
that 'could, as be would die *Weiser; ilsedecessed said,
" My dear, pray give me that blue meld" handkerchief,
that I may ham it in my hand when I die, pray deli you
take any4king,int Wine die, and yen will get over it).
she then laid her head on the ikhoulder of' the witness, and
died Miami inmetrdlately; the body began to grow cold
by the time he came in from the town, about half--Oast
eight.
The Jury milted seniewharmore thaw ball an boor,'
and on their retnru,deliveted theit-ierdiet Med.." Mary
Gooch, being of sontel mind, took laudanum to her
death, procures' at her request by John Spriag, and that
she died—Fain di is."
About midnight, the remade. of the Wretched woman
were interred in the cross read, et Inc (di! ef

DREADFUL 8111GIDR,
On Wednesday morning. Capt. Elliott. whorandereil
himself very eolispicuoas its the sporting world, in con-
sequence of betting largely, and backing Various pugilists,
pot an end to his existence, at his residence, No. 39,
H ttttt er-street, Burunncreaceni. liruaellick-sqoue. A
person who was up stairs was attracted by the sound of
a pistol, and he instantly made an alma', and ou pro-
crafting to the dressing-roosts disarvereil that the
deceased had shot himself throughstlie hem with a pistol .
ball, and he lay prostrate in the apartment covered with
ttood. Medical aid was ;smelted insiviesliately can the
discovery eI the cirratiesumee, but of ntvavail.. he being
quite dead. He was a young {Hill. V/110 had aivunfor.
iunaie propensity for betting, and bad backed the Gas
• Light Man, Martin, &c. Tit latter pOzt 'fighter tram
constantly with him. betted exietralfely on the fight
between Acton and Crawley on Me preceding day, and
attended the fight, on which it is said. he had lest.
An inquisituni was take.. in the eseinng. before Mr.
Stirling, the Middlesex Coroner. on the body ulthe
above gentleman. at the house of the deqeastd.
Thomas litrencer, footman to the ilecraleth stated thil
his master went to bed between one andstwo o'clock alb I
Wednesday morn ing. and about eight o'clock a person '
called, asked if Mr. Elliott was within, awl seas crvemestie
followed up stairs into the gentleman's bed-room. and he
was soot% followed by another. These were a sheriff's
'offieer and his aitl-ile.cainp.—Miey foist after retired
below, and-Mr. Elliott gave witness ilire.ions to procure
a pen and ink tot them to give a &whirr to a writ of
33t. In a short time after, witness braid the report of a
pistol, and he found his master hail shut I • self on the
left side of the abdinuen with a horse pistol. which,from
excessive charge, had nearly forced the lock off. •
John Titans, surgeon, stated, that he was called in
soon slue eight o'clock on Wednesday morning, and he
found The deceased dead, but warm, tee • gin debris,
with his shirt on only. 'There was a considerable wound
and laceration on the lower part of tit+ stomach, the
effect of a discharge of shot. • Elsecharge passed throagh
the heart and the lungs, and must have painted instanta-
neous death. The pistol laid three or foot yards front
the body,.aml there was a shot lash and a powder &As
upon the bud.

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Mary Wt-stern had lived a year and a half in the • ser-
vice of the deceased. He was subject to pains in the
bead, and did not stein to know what he did or said.
He used leeches upon his temples, and fie.heroes agree-
able to his l/Wll fancy. lie had been wide since a recent
shock at the death of his mother, after' which he kept
his bed-room. and said every thing seemed to• be going
round. lye had lately been at Brighton,. but got worse.
He drank freely,and was irritable, anal WIIIICIS had often
put razors. and other instruments of destruction out of
has way, fearing he would kill himself. His skull was
fractured when a youth.
The executers as the weft of the father of the deceased
proved, that drowsed was not of sine, mind; lie had
been coerced formerly by a strait waistcoat when young,
and had been twice under the care of a keeper.
The Jury expeemesLthemselves satifiarl, and returned a
verdict of.--insarsity.
issmoww_g_u.i"..!!!""---""—. •
Rata Ciminero tar Aratc.—A fevidals ago a gen-
tleman who was riding near [Afield obstrved a man
with a couple of eherries, (the produce of a neighbouring ,
hot-linuse,) tied der a stick. The gentlemarson Tossing, .
inquired the price of these early specimens of summer
fruit, and was informed that they smite only a guinea
Iliell 1 Checking.his.hosse for a moistest, lie drew from
has pocket an embroidered purse, and placed in the hands
of the man who hail she cherries, twis'sr.vereigns and
two shillings; at the saute moment inking the unit, lie
with the greatest taencheleneo ate it,ung aloud, it
was very tuts anti lull flavoured. plug replaced his
purse in his pocket, put his heausisntes, and lett
•the man, of whom he hail poichased She cherries, star-
ing after hun with amazement, undecided whether to
account for his conduct on the score of liberality, fully,
or a mixture of both. .
A.cororter's inquest waa.hsld yesterda/ at the Giltspor-
street Compter, on the body of George bchweiszer, who
diction Thursday. The surgeon hash% stated inflam-
mation on the brain thecause of his decease, and nothing
appearing to the contrary, the Jury returned a.vealict of
" Died a natural death, by the visitation of God."

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ALARMING ACCIDENT.
Monday last being the day appointed for laying the
first stone of the new building Mend tir be erected by-the
London Orphan Asylum at Claptoti, a vast concourse of,
respectable persons, who were provided with admission.
tickets, proceeded to the pound at an early hour, for the
purpose of witnessing .the ceremony. A considerable
space of ground having been enclosed in au '
theatrical film, seven or eight rows of benches were
erected nearly all round it. which were appropriated to •
the exclusive convenience of ladies; and, although ap-
parently calculated to hold upwards of two thousand, it--
did tint afford accommodation for above two-thirds of
the number that attended. Within these benches was
railed in a further space. to allow stanoliteg mom to the • *.
male spectators ; and within this, again, Wai formed the
arena on which the ceremony was to be performed.,
Ton consisted partly of solid ground, and partly of a
temporary flooring, or platform, composed of planks laid
across that part of it which had been ezcavated fur the•
basement apartments of the intended building. The' •
plaid's rested on a beam, which was supported by props
of thick timber underneath... 14 the-centre of the arena
was slung the stone. About three o'clock the Duke of
York, accompanied by Prince Leopold, arrived at the,
Mermaid tavern, Hackney; where, after partaking of a
collation, their Royal Highnesses joined the precession,
which then proceeded in the prescribed oilier to the;
ground. •As soon as it entered the arena, the Lord
Mayor pronounced a short address, which was Ina:cede& •
. by en appropriate prayer by the Lord Bishop of London.
:the members of tile procession then formed a wide eir- -
ale round the stone, and the stewards placed the children;
to front of them. arranging the boys en the right, ant/ '
the girls on the kit. *1 he band struck up, the children "
commenced singing some verses comp:Pied for the mea-
-1 sion„.and the process of lowering the stone was begun.
Before, however, it had descended many inches, or the
'children had sting through their first stanza, the platform
on the left of i.jte stone, on which the Duke and the
Print*, tagedter with the Bishop, several clergymen,the
Mayor, 204 e. anti the greater part of the female chil-•
deeiveserelesnding, gave way with a loud crash, which
.vas echoed by a universal screens of horror front the •
benches, and followed by a scene of the greatest confu.
Sou foe sontarMittates. Dm principal prop, it appeared;
haettig beien,vvvertonied,. in consequence of the rope
which the persons held ivho were lowering the stone
being twisted mond is. the beam Which it had supported
yielded to the pressure of the weight overhead, the
planks resting mt the beam of course sunk with it, and
the individuals who stood upon the planks shared in the
fall. except such or them as had the address and oppor- •
tunity to spring off the boards when they felt thent
giving way. Amongst them was the Duke of York,
who, at the first alariii,leaped forward with considerable
agility, and reached theardid-groond in safety. Prince
Leopold, also, and sevensl other individuals near him. •
escaped falling, they having fortunately been standing on
that part of the scaffolding most minute from the centre,
where it first gave way. A number of the girls, how.
ever, and oilier individuals, fell in, -but all these went'
liapp:ry extricated from their slat situation without
any serious injury. lit one instance alone the accidents -
was fatal. One of the labouring men, who was tinder- -
'math the scaffolding, and holding the rope above men.-
noised, happened unfortunately to be at that inontent;-‘
ediately under the beam. la crushed him to death
The wretched victim was borne away its a theadlntly •
mangled state. The ceremony was then hastily cella
eluded, and the parties returned to town. At six *chicle
the institution celebrated their anitirersary festival, by a -
dinner at the City of I.ondonTarerti..at which the Lord '
Mayor (in the room of the Duke of York.-wito was
prevented by order of his physician from attending) pre-
sided, motioned by Prince Leopold knit the Bishop of
',tuition. The meeting was crowded, and*, collection- '
considerable.

DEATH', NY •FICIIITING.--411U inquisition erralhelff on
Friday, in the Cross-keys, Iheobald a-road, before Thtia..
Sutiluig. Esq..on•rhe body of Norman ap- -
peered from the evidence, that a society of bakers, (of •
winch thellecease.l was one,) met at the Bedford-head, •
Upper ffing-strert.—On Saturday evening last a person
named Lake, who, was acting as Chairman, gave an in-
decorous to at, which was reprobated by another person;
this gave rise to a quarrel, and some ahallenging. but
there was no figliting then ; however. on "katenlas events,'
Mg, meeting at die sinneliouse, the 114etied challenged '
Lake-to fight for two sovereigns, which was agreed-to,
and a documentin w g signed to the effect that they
wire to meet in Copenitagen.fieldeon Thursday evening, •
at me o'clock, and.fight at half minute time —They ac-
cordingly melon the spotat the appointed time, and •
having shaken bandit, commenced fighting ; in the first
three•romuls the deceased had the advantage, but inake
last mond he received a bitew on the ear which knocked
him down, and he never spoke after; he was put inter's.
a coach and conveyed to the Cross-keys, when Mr. '•
White, a sturgeon, was sent for, but he died in a few "
minutes after his arrival. On opening Ilse heal four
ounces of extravasated blood were f don the brain.
which was produced by Itsainjuries he had received, and
was the cause of his tiratli —Verdict, Manslaughter
against Lake, Butler, and Brown, the seconds.—War- •
were immediately issued for their apprehension. .
SINGULAR CI RC OUSTA N C 15.01.1 • Standardise two •
gentlemen, who were travelling in different directions,
stopped at the Bell, Hounslow, where theJ host,
while attending them and other guests, remarked a great
similarity of countenance between these strangers,
which produced a conversation in which they rectigissed
each other as brothers. A gentleman present, many
year, resident in that town, named Stebles, who is use- .
fortunately blind, appeared deeply interested in the eis
planation, and claimed the same affinity. The recog-
nition was a acetic difficult to describe. The son/rant.
brother is in his fiftieth year, and ihointassinetting was
its Ins infancy.,