The National Register.
London, England, 1809-06-11 00:00:00

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BRIGHT° N, JUNE 2.—This has been one of the most terepes
tuous days ever remembered kere. The number of macka-
rel boats belonging to this place are twenty -two, twenty of
which unfortunately were at sea. In the course of the morning
four of them, at great hazard and difficulty, ran on shore, and
were preserved. An equal number we have since heard were
similarly successful at Lancing.
Ju N e 3.—Happily the remainder of the fishing boats absent
at the date of my last letter, though con';iderable snticrers in
nets, &c. all survived the tremendous storm of Thursday night
last, and have since reached this place in safety. In my letter
of Friday, I mentioned that It. S picer, after being rescued from
the water at the trabour's entrance of Shoreham, had expired.
At that time it was so understood ; but 1 have the lisfeasure of
adding, that he is still living, and that no fears are now entertain-
ed fur his life. The flame: of the us/font:mute titttrcrirti :trc as uu.

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der;---Of the Good Intent, v. hich souk oil* this tutu. nod in t!,:•
resence of many Inin:iredi •-pertati,l'•;, thit-e that peri.nt••‘;
ett', Pri!'St 8111 Ilk kVilhair, ',each, and John
Seijoant. The lad. paistful to relate! was beheld for .c :n-! tittle
in the arms of his fe.ther ; both at length bring ex Intasteli,
together. The case of J olio Serjeant A: as lattionntbiy severe.
Buffeting the waves, he bad neariy reached the land, tvlir:e
numberless individuals had assembled in the hope of ittror,litst;
him assistance, who, within his hearing, cnlled cut to him to he
of good heart, as his preservation appeared even more ticut I►ru.
battle. The drowning man, in the agonic,; of death at the !•10-
inent, had just strength left feebly to ejaculate, " :11y heart
gone;" then clasping his bands together, and raising, his 0% to-
wards Heaven, he sunk to rho- no more. Tears guaed frtort
eyes of all who witnessed the distressing F pert:lett"; io
wasa moment of agony too etriaisite to he described. T;:ree
widows and eizliteen children are left friendless by this eat ~.
trophe. Of the AllA flower, w Melt up-et in ende.tve:lritnr
"_et into Shot...ham harbour, John Spit er Italy was dr., A%
At Hastings, it is titid,•rsto;)ii the storm was more secerriv fdlt
•Imong the ti•in,rtnett than at t!liC Vhe.`, 11!, titan t:It•o7I1'. rt
i. said, belonging. to that tow n. 1,.4 their lives. A .:411
punt WAS picked U 1) In the 01:11Z by one of the tis ti:rl;
tioat.:, nal hru,l4itt into l'iis r!ace, probai.ly washed a WrlV f,'1131
t v c3ivi ddriuZ tI! late teat The mime of WO*,
ham Patie, Lon toll, I' WI the palm• part of th' stria!:
ill,. same /rim., ,;;'14... 41:i Ihe onter parts of the siern,
I,:it hail been wal,:l:.a oil', 1. ',ado lie .14; there only left.
:fin Inaur•t was ci.u.s IL heid at t' (lull. in-r,
Somers-Town, for tit- p:lrpa-t' of' into Cie
stances att:auliag the death of Sataii Lacy, mil her ..“):1
Davv, a child dolt ;he mouths old, who vivre loorjert.,l
Sim lel Dave% , the ha-blo.l of tin. :lereased Sarah:, 0,1
to:Arai:Tat half past Si .A in Skinner-street, Somers- •
Phi, tir.;t witiless examined WAS ErlZ:thetit Blackman, tit!•
mother of the deceased, who stated that she slept in the roo.:,
AA ith ht•r J::ughter ;Ind , ;tad that she As as aroused from
her sleep On Tuesday morniog by some noisc, and perceived Sa-
mael Davey standing over her Ai lilt a hatchet in his haul ; she
isstatitiv arose, and It sonie exertion, ‘vreActl the handle from
the hatchet, and Am loo:Aing towards her daughter's bed, per-
ceived her sitting up, an I bathed in blood. She also saw her
infant grandson lying dead by its mother's side. Site
awoke Iwo other children who were asleep in the room, a,;(1
pushed them down stairs, and on rettiruing to the room As.:s
again attacked by Davey with a stick, at the end of which,
was lived a knife. This she al:10 wrested from him ; hut in
the exertion. feel with such violeuce a;;;lirist the door, as ti,
b.:rst it open the wrong flay, and ;vas precipitated teo tdhreealdetut.l
tom of the s'air, where she Da found Mr. vis, a butcher, who
o resided next do r, and'.s ho, being iafortned of o
scene transacting, rushed ty stairs, ani.lti tsits;l! ‘;6 unablel)a..-y .stattzal)iii)irgeilt
over
his wife with a la ps,one in hi: hand, )
him from striking her, w hick he did several Wile:: on the head
till she wan completely bereft of life. It appeared that the ur.
fortunate man wto committed those horrid inwrders had been
coofined twice in St. Luke's Hospital, and IViii kiiown to be io a
deranged state of ;triad, which it was supposed arose principally
from his poverty, the mother of tlife4de:.eased having stated that
the whole family were froginsntlyiltrithout food for two
The Jury returaed a verdict of I;:iljAmurder, but Niguilieti their
conviction of the mail ht!illZ deriiltgff at titssAinte the cram.: wab
C • tinkled. Davey has since been coiniallOed to New gate to
take his trial.