The National Register.
London, England, 1816-06-23 00:00:00

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On Tuesday night B. Twig, a private in the 3d Guards, was stabbed
in St. Catherinesdane, Tower-hill. Before he could be carried to the
i.mard-house he dad. About the time the murder was committed, the
throat of J. Moody, a private in the same regiment. was tut, near the
same spot. J. Peru. a Spanish sailor, was charged as the perpetrator.
S. Bath swore, that he was sitting at the White Lion pubiic-house, in
St. C'atirerine's-lane, and the prisoner was there drinking. tiann after
he left the house J. Moody ran into the house, saying that his throat
was cut ; the blood was streaming over hi, clothes. Witness asked him
who had done it; to which Moody replied... The sailor." Witness ran
and secured Peru. who was running down St. Catharine's-lane. nere
had been some noise in the house previously to this event, and the pri-
soner had acted with viol: nee, holding his hand in a threatening atti-
tude to some of the Guards. Ile could not tell w Nether the deceased or
Moody were amongst those whom the prisoner menaced. Ile believed
the prisoner was turned out of the tap-room. The soldiers were on
Tuesday celebrating the Anniversary of the Pattie of Waterloo at
which they had been present. W. Douglas, a boy, same, that as he
was going into the White Lion public-house, he la.* t7ie prisrme olraw
• a kntle across the throat of Moody, within a few yards of the pu!ilic
house ; Moody immediately put his hand to his throat, and ran into the
White Lion ; the prisoner ran down the lane: Ann Stephenson had
been drinking in the pri•oner's company on Tuesday night, and he,...d
him say that he would kill somebody that night, and then cut his own
throat. He hail struck her with a fork in the early part of the even-
ing. Serjeant Whittaker chposetl, that he went about the public-
houses mar the Tower on Tuesday night, to preserve order during the
celebration cf the Waterloo Anniversary. He saw at three o'elock the
prisoner ni the nrighboui hood of St. Catherine's-lane, who took a knife
out of his pocket. anti, without opening it, drew it across his neck, say-
that •• he would cat his b-y throat. and that it shoold net be
the only throat he would cut." Miller, the (Meer. produced a knife
which was bloody at the blade, and which had been foand on the .pot
where Moody's throat was eat. Tie SLrltalilt wits positive that the
knife proluced was tha: which he saw with the prisoner ot the early part
of the day.--The pritorar was remanded. He he about 50 years of age,
and Las lost los right hand.

SunsPty, the widow of an Aker, who resided in Mead's row,
1 ambcth, w cut fur a pint rf port( r for her dinner to a public
house opposite; and on the door bring opened, she fell down and
expired without a groan.
Od Thursday, throe of the Elder Brethren of the Trinity.
house were in the most imminent danger of losing their lives
in the River 'lllaines. A. Chapman, J. Nloring, and I. Robin-
E•qt.. had been down to the Nose to examine the Light
Vessel on that Sand, and, returning, took a wherry oft' Lime-
house to come up the riser. They overtook a hi i 4 then
dropping down, and near it was a barge heavily loaded with
gones. By smite accident these sheered so as to conic to-
gethei, snit crushed the boat and sunk her. Ily much agility,
the (]rntlens•n and the iv:dermal' escaped. Mr. poring
caught a rope hanging over the brig's side, and hauled up into
Ow. chains ; Mr. Chapman gut on the barge's rudder. and Mr.
Robinson, by the tiller, got with difficulty on board the baige,
with the watt limn; all thankful for an eseape so providential,
and at one moment so unhoped for.
Wednesday, Mr. S. R. Ratline. of Nlerton College, Oxford,
while bathing in the river, at that plave, was drowned. He
Wd4 the only son of the Rev. R. Roiling, Vicar of Malden, in
Essex. and formerly Fellow of Merton College.
Inquisition was taken in Little Partlanibstreet, on the
b:iitv of H. Arnold. who eiit his throat. Thi4 case has excited
universal commiseration. 'lke poor mast hail a sick and dis-
tressed wife in the workhouse; and to relieve her he pawned
a sheet for two shillings, which lie had taken from his lodging.
room. He was taken to Nlarlboroogh-street Police ,

and committed under the Yawning Act. Atter having been
Incised up for a tone, information was given to Marsden, tha
gaoler, that he was dead: and it titrlie,l out he cut his throat
with a razor, which waa found by Ida Ludy.—The diary returned
a verdict of Lunacy.

W •dre•dav an Ingnest was held on the body of I'. Howie,
a private in th. late Vi ter an liat!alion. who died in consequence
of a wound lie recili eil in a scuffle at the /fed House, Baiter-
in w!iielt Serj• ant Kendall w•as also so seven I 7 0unt1...1
as to cause his death. The other soldier ineols IA in the fray
left town the folio% lug murniii;, and the deceased was appre-
hended on suspicion of being the murderer. E. Clarke, a
Constable,deposed, that lie removed Howie from Hurst bragger.
lane Gaol to Tothil-fields Bridewell ; w hen obsert ion; Ii in limp,
he enipiired the cause; he replied, that he received a wound ill
the scuffle with the Serjeant ; that he had three razors at the
time about him, and wondered ally the fixed on him .I!ay more
:han the other men ; that they were all drunk together at the
time•. Mr. Hambray, a Surgeon, stated, that his assistant bail
visited the deceased on hi, being brought into the Prison, awl
found him in a bail 'tate. Proper necessaries acres:lit to hint
until 11Icnday, when ness found a dreadful bruise on his
thigh. A slight mortification bail Colllllll.llCed near the knees
which increased until Tuesday moreing, when he expii ed. lie
hail no doubt that the above caused his death. The Jury im-
mediately returned their verdict, that the deceased met his death
in conseqnence of the injury he received iu a •cuflle with ser.
jeant Kendall.

Monday as Inquest was held at the Apple-tree, White-hart-
yard, DEllrydalie, •m the buds of a nail, 'lamed ,),.bo
a journeyman printer, who died suddenly, in the above house,
a fens minutes after he had entered appeared in evidence,
that the deceased was a native of Ireland, and had, ill COM...
(pence of the dearth of business in this country, beeu unable
to obtain regular employment—mid illness, occasioned by
want of food, terminated his existence. Such was the opinion
attire Surgeon who examined the body, and the Coroner's Jury
returned their verdict accordingly.— It did not appear that he
had made known his very distressed situation to any one.

Thursday Wu:light, a sister-in-law to Mr. Bolter, past ry-eook,
in Shoreditch, who has been in a state of mental derangement
thr some time back, jumped out at the first-floor window, on
the pavement. In her descent, she struck against a piece of
lead projecting from the front of the house, by which her fall
in seine degree was broken, and she was pitched upon her
head ; she was instantly taken up and a surgeon procured, who
declared her in imminent danger, her head being most dread-
fully cut and bruised.
A daring burglary was committed early on Satnrday morn-
ing last by seine armed men, who forcibly entered the dwell-
ing house of Mr. W. Neal, near Hinckley, Leicestershire. Mr.
and Mrs. Neal (both 130 years of age), a servant girl, an old
labourer, and a grandson, named J. Holyland, constitute the
family. About one o'clock they succeeded in getting into the
house, one of them entering Mr. N.'s chamber, with a torch
and worse-hook in one hand, and a pistol in the other ; the
second with a bludgeon and gorse-hook tell upon the bed, in
which were J. Holyland and the old labourer Holyland struck
the villain, and a scuffle ensued, when he threatened to kill
them both; the third followed into Mr. and Mrs. Veal's room.
Mry. Neal cried out, " James, they are murdering your grand-
father," upon which the villains rejoined, " Lie still, James,
or w.• will murder you ;" another entered the girl's room, pre-
sented a pistol, and took from her two on"-pound notes, a three-
shilling and eighteen-penny-piece ; Mrs. Neal entreating them
not to take the poor girl's money, he returned her the ts.
and locked her in the room; while this was going on above
stairs, a party below ransacked the house of Vll. in money, a
watch, plate, elec. and then made off, leaving two to guard the
door until the others had got away with the property.
Lately- as Mr. Otham, of Tidd, near Wisbech, was loading
an old gun, fur the purpose of shooting magpies, it accidentally
went off, bulged the contents in his side, and caused his death
iu a few militates. He was in his Gist year.

Monday morning. the Aylesbury coach was overturned near
Watt's): d, and several ut the passengers were so severely hurt as
to be unable to proceed on their journey. They waited at
Mratfor.l fur surgical assistance. Others were slightly bruised.
•On Same'lay an Inquisition was In-Id at the Rodney's Heal,
Whitechapel-road, on the body of Mrs. Brown, of 11. th-street,
who poisoned hera•lf on the preceding clay.. A large paper of
arsenie wa- found limier her pillow.— Verilict—lnsa..ity.
A monster entered the chamber window of a farm-house, near
Bexley Hill, Kent, called Robin's ICswd Farm, at nomi, aml
with a dung fork wantonly wounded and lacerated a pour child
in the arms of its mother. The woman gave an alarm, Wit 111.1
brute escaped.
The Chat, r CLroriae states, that " the subject of dismissed
workmen has b^en thoroughly investigated ; and. in
emue-
gnence, his Lordship [the Earl of Grosvenor.] has iliieeted as
of them (except two, who have behaved imploperly•) to Gr tf-
stqred to Weir work, and Nome compcasation to be made for the
luSs wbiclr they have !tonere,' by-suspensiou.
In consequence of the sentence passed upon Mr. IL:e
Go de, fur fraudulently receiving taxes, the Cm paratims ~1
Coe curry have expelled him from Isis situatian as .tidetniatif
Justice ut the Peace, and C ~, mon Councilman.
Wednesday .s some children were playing u ith bows and
arrows, in Chariot street, I'M!, one of them had tot eye stain k
-out by an arrow carelessly discharged by another.
Distress-warrants have been lately executed on some indi-
viduals belonging to the Yeomanly Cavalry in Huntingdon-
shire, for not pay tug the horse-duty with which they wile sur-
charged. because. through 50.41 e otnis-ion, they vs ere not ca 1..t1
upon by their comatandingmfficer to perform Ili:: atede ut tin
patchy 41:4'.‘n in the best year; in one instance, in the
hood of St. Sect's, as amt.:timer was called in t e sill 4
cart and some sheep which had been thus wined; and al-
though nearly a hundred individuals were pieseat, nut one
balloting was offel ed.
ATTE NI PT TO CR D Wedri,:slay as ff:e gr.rms
of Lurd Rivers was riding after his master out t,l
Park, a ruffian just by the gate strack him sr:vcral Islaws
I with a stick : the groom st.lggered from Isis horse, awl
the brutal as:adlant immediately plunged a dagger into
Isis side. The blade broke, and part of it remained in
the body of the poor fellow after he was covered away
for surgical aid. The crowd was so great, that the us-
satin was discovered only trots' the handle of the dagger
having been found in his pocket. lie was taken to
Marlborough-strict ()thee ; but all that transpired was,
that he had fonnerlv been is butler to Lord Nliddletun,
from whose service he had been dischargtd ; and accor-
ding to one 'account, he has ever since conceived the
most deadly rancour against the i.Joatn, as the suproscd
caused of his dismissal. It is, hov,-,:•.*gr, tb' general
that the assasiu insaae.