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London, England, 1815-09-24 00:00:00

TITE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Th'" 'wing out in the gruel. Mr. Dixon further stated, that he
Snalyze the gru:-1 in the boson, arAl also of wha, was left in the tea
cup, ir. the prrsenr cof four philosophical gentleman, and that it was
evitient that it w,s srrohgly impregnated with arsenic. He also
examined the remaining grits, and they appeared free from any
yoisonou ;rtgrtdient He further deposed, that on opening the body
'et the child he ascertained she died
.ot poison ; but that he had not
%et analyzed the contents of the stomach.

Mrs Newman deposed nearly the same evidence as Mary Eades, and
said it was not her intention to keep her but a few days longer ; hut
‘ite Iva - sit acquainted Miller w tis her intention ; that she was a bad
iernrerect girl, ant appenred cross to the children, and the deceased
arhild (n -t tour years old) did not like to go out, or he with her ; it
was lie first time she ever made gruel for the children; and to a
question Iron. Mr-. Newman why she made so much, she said, " 1
4111P1)0•011 sou might want some for yourself." Last Monday Mrs.
Newman scolded her twice, f r suffering the men in the shop to take
imp r • per lihertics with her.
Henry Walker, hairdresser, deposed, that about two months since
lie prepared some mince n•eat, mixing with it a quantity of arsenic,
and .ssisted by Mr. Newman, and his two journeymen, Mills and
Allen, clopped tin the holes in the slaughter-house and shop, and
*boot five weeks since he again repeated it, but is not aware that he
left an, belline Intr.

Henry Alien, journeyman to Mr. Newman, deposed, that he had
a cold allow tNo months, and that he bought a pennyworth of oat-
sneal at Mr. Cooper's, and used the whole ofit.

Mr Newman deposed, that he did not know of any poison what-
ever being in the house ; about two years and a half since he bought
some stud' to kill rats, all of which he used for that purpose.
Brown, the Beadle, on conveying miller to the work-house, as a
place of security till the decision of the Inquest, deposed, that she
said she made the gruel of grits, but not finding it thick enough
the to6k nearly a tAle spoonful of oatmeal from a paper that was in a
jar in a cupboard in the kitchen ; that she mixed it up in a butter.
boat,•and put it in the gruel, throwing the paper, with a little oatmeal
that was left, into the fire, and said that-there was in the same jar
oatmeal and poison, both in separate papers.

Henn. Hill, journeyman to Mr. Newman, deposed. that Mr,
Walker, hair-dresser, came with stuff to kill the rats, and that some of
it w,,s left in ipaper which the witness took into the kitchen, when
the maid• were at tea ; he orened the paper, and said it was poison to
kill rats ; e does not recollect what became of it.
The Jury, after consulting near an hour, gave their verdict, finding
Elizabeth Miller GUILTY ir?l, WILFUL MURDER ; when the Coroner
issued a mirrAtit for her committal to Horsemonger-lane prison, tor
trial at the next Surrey Assizes. She is about 17 years of age, and
had lived in Mr. Newman's family about tour months.

OLD BAILEY.

Tuesday, John Elms was capitally indicted for forging and titter
iug as true, a certain order for payment, purporting to be drawn by.
J. Williams upon the Bank of Messrs. Hammersley and Co. bankers,
with intent to defraud Abel Mouton, Esq. He was found guilty,
but recommended to mercy on account of former good character.

Wednesday, Joseph Skipps and Henry Streamer, were indicted
for stealing a sheep, value 404, the property of William Mellish.
Daniel Short, an accomplice, deposed, that the prisoners and a man.
named Colby, (all of whom lived in a house at Ponder's End,) went
out oo the night of the 22d of hily, from Corby's house, between
eleven and twelve o'clock. They went to the Two Brewer's, Pon.
der's End, where they had a pot of beer at the door. They then
went into a field of Mr. Mellish's, where Corby caught a sheep by,
the le:,!, and Streamer. Skipps, and witness, carried it to Corby's!
house. There Streamer killed it, and Corby akined St, and Corby
and witness buried it in a field of Mr. Mellish's. Witness after-
wards slimed the place where the skin was buried to a patrols. The.
carcase was cut in., put in a box, and taken to a place two fields
from Corby's Innt4e. On Tuesday witness was taken up for an
assault, and he then confessed this to the patrole.—Verdict, Guilty,
Death.

Saturday, Sarah Smalley was indicted fvr stealing on the 2d inst. a
remnant of lace, the property of Robert Dawson of Ratcliffe High-
way.
The prosecutor is a habudasher, and on the day stated in the in-
dictment, the prisoner came into his shop, and desired to see some
Lice One rsf the shopriten immediately procuced a drawer contain-
ing ,ever l remnants, and white the prisoner was making her selec.
tion ,be contrived to slip one of the pieces into her pocket. Upon
leaving the shop, the woman stated the circumstance to one Snow.
step, 4 man, Who followed the prisoner, and brought her back.

SEPT. 24.

On her way she pulled out a piece of late, and said. " I fear I have
made some mistake in taking up this article, but althourh I did not
intend it, I will now keep it and pay the value." This proposal hove.
ever was refused, and she was committed for the theft
Several persons were produced who gave the prisoner a Most excel-
, lent character, and the Jury atter a few moments deliberation re-
turned a verdict of Acquittal.
Bryan Lacy was indicted for stealing a watch, chain, seals, Sec.
the property of James M 'Cardy.
The prosecutor deposed, that on the 19th July last he was at the
White Horse Cellar, Piccadilly. where he got rather intoxicated—
Recovering himself, however, he found his way into Oxford Street,
where he was joined by the prisoner, who offered to assist and con.
duct him home. He remained with him a considerable dine. after
which they were joined bythe coachman of Mr. Fry, the hanker,
who knowing the prosecutor, insisti.d upon seeing him sate at home.
Upon their arriving there, the latter asked him if all his property was
safe ? He immediately examined, but fouud that he had been
robbed of his watco, &c. The prisoner was then charged with the
theft, but he denied it. The charge however being pressed he ran
away, but being pursued and overtaken, the watch was found con.
cealed in the knee of his small clothes.—Verdict, Guilty.
John Greatland was indicted for stealing the watch, chain, :•eals,dtc.
of Richard Williams.
The prosecutor, it appear'd, had gone to bathe in the Serpentine
River, in the month of August last, and having stripped, he left the
prisoner in care of his clothes, &c. He !,ad scarcely gone into the
river, however, when the former seized his watch, Sec. and ran
away and escaped, but was apprehended about three weeks after,
when met by accident. The prisoner then confessed the robbery,end
said he had sold the watch to a Jew dealer for2os.-LVerdict, Guilty.
Anne Maskell was convicted for stealing a counterpane from the
house of Mr. Dick3on, of Montague-square, on the 2d of September,
which she obtained by entering the house clandestinely, and escaping
through the airy, over the railing, and into the street. Verdict--
Guilty.
Bridget Walsh was also found Guilty of stealing a pieceof lace, on
the 2sth ult. the property of Mi. Dawson, a haberdasher, in Rat.
cljfl Highway.

PROVINCIALS.

AGRICULTURE.

The harvest in Ireland has been unprecedentedly abundant, and
the season uncommonly favourable for taking it—the prices of every
thing are so low that half the farmers anticipate ruin.
THE WEATHER.—The great drought whir* has so lohg pre-
vailed is now beginning to be severely felt throughout the conntry
Water is in many parts extremely scarce, and in consequence of the
great want of grass, an extraordinaryvantity of cattle, of every
description, has been sent to the provincial markets.—ln Portugal
the weather has also been unusually'dry and sultry. At Lisbon, the
several springs which supplied the town, were entirely dried up
when the last accounts came away, and the inhabitants were reduced
to the necessity of sending across the Tagus for water.-fiy accounts
from Petersburgh we are informed, that at that city and many pacts
of the interior of Russia, no one recollects so wet a summer as the
present.

On the present drought, and general distress for want of keep
for live stock, an agricultural correspondent and considerable flock•
master, who is rather better situated at present than his neighbours,
desires us to remark on the almost universal neglect of Lucerne,
a grass of such immense consequence, and which has been so long
known and proved in this couniry. It flourishes during the severest
drought, and may be cut several times in the season, producing iu a
proper soil very heavy crops.

DARING BURGLARY Atsn Ronnrttv.--In the night of Thursday
the 14th instant, Mr. Gordon, a surgeon of Heslemere, having just
retired to bed, was disturbed by a violent noise at the back of the
house, and suspecting it proceeded from an attempt to break in.
got np, and discovered that a pane of glass had been taken out of
the back parlour window, and the shutter ingeniously' forced from
• its position, but while lie swat previously searching other parts of
the premises, it is supposed the robber made a precipitate retreat,
as Mrs. Gordon, who remained her bed chamber in a state of
great anxiety, distinctly heard the footsteps of a person retiring by
the passage adjoining the house. With that promptitude and ener-
gy of character for which Mr. Gordon is eminently con-pictions,
he, highly to his credit, as soon as lie could procure protection for
Mrs. Gordon (to prevent surprise in Ms absence.), loaded a brace of
pistols, and sallied forth into the town 'with a determinatisat to ap-
prehend any suspected person be might find; but, coosidering -it

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