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London, England, 1811-04-07 00:00:00

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anstinned on his wife with unabated ardpur. :Ito-also heard
die unfortunate woman scream and repeat her cr of " Dear
20111017, don't kill me !" till at length her cries became fainter
and fainter. and finally teased altogether. A death-like silence
ensued, and witnesiedil not see the prisoner or his wife till the
ensiling morning; when she went into the room the prisoner
seemed to have just got up; he was dressed only in hts drawers.
like expressed her happiness to find the quarrel terminated, and
went towards the deceased, who was bruised in a dreadful man-
ger. She asked her how she was, to which she replied she was
very ill. In the course of the ensuing day a surgeon was sent
for by &sire of the prisoner, who bled the deceased. She how-
ever c( Mined to languish from thenceforth to the 17th, when
she died. Witness attended her during the whole of her illness.
and frequently heard her complain of the extreme (soreness of
her leftside. The prisoner was apprehended on the same day
411 which hit wire died.
Sarah Beaver and William Beaver deposed, that they heard
the shrieks of the'deceaseel, but were not present during the oc-
currence. The former particularly stated, that the side of the
deceased was dreadfully bruised, and that previous to her death
shgvonitted upwards of a quart of blood.
Mr. Thomas Read, another surgeon, deposed that he opened
the body of the deceased. He first examined it externally, and
four dit very muck bruised. Having been told that the de-
ceased had complained very much of her side, he was induced
so ppen the cavity of the chest ; on doing which he discovered
that a great quantity of blood had been effused into the cavity.
On a further einunination he ascertained that four of the lower
or false ribs were brAen, two of them having penetrated the
membrane called the pleura, which lines the chest, and wounded
the lower or porte: for part of the left lung, where the great
blood vessels enter. A great quantity of blood had issued from
this fracture, and to this violence he had no doubt in ascribing
the death of the unfortunate woman.

The case for 'he prosecution being here closed, the prisoner
was called on for his defence. He put in a large written paper,
Which was read by the Clerk of the Court. It represented that
he had been ten yea* in the army, and had been discharged in
consequence of a liver complaint. Ire professed the greatest
erection for the deceased, and denied, in the most solemn man-
ner, hi* inteation to be the cause of her death. He also said that
the inpry in her side arose from her f ,iiing on a trunk.
37:ic h. it assertion, he,vevv. Sat Llerellyn positivtiv ct
• 4.. .. ev.a.est rn a.
s see any such act,deitt, nor did one hear the
t 4. :Lased complain of such occurrence.
Lord FLLENBOROUGU h:Lilitliro summoned up the evidence
*gilt wonted precision and impartiality, thp Jury, after a
a s!t irt i:onsideration, found the prisoner—Guilty.
The RECORDiII immediately pronouncel sentence in the
post awful and imprkssive manner, concluding with the usual
order, that the prisoner should be executed on Monday next,
In the usual form.
The prisoner is an Irishman, about 36 years of age ; he was
dressed in a soldier's jacket, and listened to his sentence with
great coolness and firmness.
:Taut Pop:lsta Pen,-at' a Spanish sailor, was next trit.d on an
in,lictiainit founded on Lord Ellerbotoi.,,h's Act, charging him
With wilfully and maliciously cutting Edward Lawrence, with
intent to murder, disfigur•-, or do him same grievous bodily
harm. The facts of this case were shortly th, I..—The prosecu-
tor, who is foreman to Mr. Walker, of Wapping street, was
returning to his lodgings on the night of the 23d of February,
ab,,ut half-past nine o'clock, when the prisoner reeled arainst
him: he cried out, ft Holloa, shipmate, don't run a fellow
cl./wn ;" and pasted on without riving any further in-uvoca-
tir)ll. Before he had reached Maidenhead-court however,
where he lived, the prisoner came behind him, and with a
small penknife, attached to a brass inkstand, inflicted a deep
wound nn }us cheek and chin, from the direction of which it
was evident the intention sto cut his throat.
This part was clearly and satisfactorily proved, Lad the pri-
mmer was found guilty--Death.

Saturday, Sarah Dell was capitaliy indicted for making a
forged Bank of England 11. note. and uttering the same knowing
it to he forged. She was also indictcd for havi:.g in her pos-
i:ssion the same note, knowing it to be a forgery ; but was ac-
ssitted of both charges. s
John Smith and Jeremiah Kealey were indicted for a misde-
meanour in having attempted t pick the pork..t of a gentleman
named Lsitwycb, and Sound Grutt:,. The last-mentioned pri-
soner was tried on Thorsilay under Lord Ellenbotough's act, for
cutting a boy, and acquitted.

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ACCIDENT. AND 0,

'NCES.

On Sunday evening as Mr. Scarratt was returning front
Hackney, to his house in Milk-street, he tell into a sewer in tne
Hackney road, a depth of eight feet, and ion:tined a contusion
in the temple. which caused immediate deoh. Mr. Scarat
was a gentleman of respectability highly esteemed, by a numer-
ous acquaintance, and has left a wife and seven children to
lament his loss, occns.oned by the neglect of those whose duty
it is not to leave public works in such a state as to endanger the
lives of passengers, to tht relatives of whom no recompence is
adequate.
On Saturday a remarkable circumstance occurred in the
Justice Reom, at the Maniton-house. An old man, charged
with severely beating his wife, was or 'end to stand committed
for want of sureties for his good behaviour, when in a pa-
roxysm. of passion he drew a large knife iron! 'tis pocket, with
which he it.cantly cut his throat. The officers seized the knife
as soon as possible, and prevented him ft-J.li separating the
wind-pipe. He was conveyed to a Hospital.
On Tuesday night, about ten o'clock, as Mr. Cooke, of New-
gate-street, accompanied by two friends, were returning to Lon-
don in a single-horse chaise, Mr. C. who was driving, ran the
vehicle against a post at Queen's Lim, in the Vt'alham-Green
road, by which it was upset, and Mr. Cooke received a fracture
on the site of his head, of which he lingered until Thursday
morning, and then expired.—Coroner's verdict, Accidental
Death.

A similar accident happened to Mrs. Solbey, of Coram-street,
on Wednesday. The lady and her husband were returning
home from Edmonton in a Tandem at night, and on entering
Islington the vehicle was, driven against a coal-waggon, with
considerable veloity, and it was brcken in pieces, and the wheel-
horse killed. Mrs. S. was most shockingly mangled.; and
although she yet survives, not the smallest hopes are entertained
of her recovery.
EXECU rum—Wednesday morning, the two unfortunate
felon, Josef Franco Cordosa and Laurance Jotta, two Portu-
guese sailor.., for cutting and maiming, suffered the law, pursu-
ant to their sentence, bcfN•e the'debtrirs' door, Newgate. They
appeared duly sensible of the awful fate that awaited them, and
paid great attention to the Catholic Priest that attent:ed them,.
Joseph Blair, who was also to have suffered %VALI. tnern, received
a rc..pite for seven days.
•••••••
SPARRING.-.The benefit .tf Molineux, at the Fives-Court,
St. Martin's-street, on Tres last, was crowded to excess,
130,) parsons havhg attended.- Molineux set to alternately with
Pittoon, young BA her. and Burn, none of whom were able to
make any :mpressloa upon him. Young Belcher and Pittoon •
also extdoited, and gave a good svcitnen of
jcience. Dutch
Sam and Powers also gave high :-.ati•faction. Gregson's Lau-
cashirsurnn set to with Powers. aocl manifested considerable
courage and strength:
Besides the battle which is to b.. f;,u ht in a month, between
Molineux and the Lancashire man, Horton the Briatol man has
engaged to combat Molineux it six weeks after the fir,t battle,
and it has been agreed to on each side,

VLIRRIE.b.
The Rev. L. W. Eliot, Rector of Peper Harow, Surrey, to
Matilda Elizabeth, secuud daughter of the late henry Halsty,
Esq. of Henley Park.
James G. Seton, youn?est seta of Y. Seton, Esi. of George.
street, Adelphi, to Georgian, eldest (laughter )f Lharks Boor.
chiev' of Hadley.
At Camley, the 28th ult. Bryan Trough.on. ju . Esq. Banker,
of Coventry, to Miss Maria Gookilu, of l'emple Cloud, So-
merset.

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