The National Register.
London, England, 1821-04-29 00:00:00

'BE NATIONAL REGISTER

Conounn's Irisanare.-00 Friday afternoon at h.
'''look an Wisest was held at the Robin Hood, Holborn,
before Thomas Stirling, Esq. Coroner. on Ike body of P.
C. Foreman, Esq. aged 24,• student at law. Ana-Walker,
of the George and Blue Boar, Holborn, deposed, that she
'sly knew the deceased from his coating backwards and
forwards to town ; be came to the George and Blue Boar
abort No o'clock on Wednesday oveWng last. After re-
maining till a quarter after eleven, be went to bed. At a
gamier before eleven the following morning, the cham-
barnsaid made an alarm, end witness immediately pro-
ceeded to the deceased's room. On entering the chamber,
aid observing the bed curtains aside, she discovered the
deceased, and a pistol was lying on the had Dr. Read
was Instantly sent for, and witness then understood de-
ceased had shot himself under the heart. Witness noticed
when the deceased was going to bed, that he looked very
ill anti dejected. He on former occasions was very plea-
sant in his manners, and witness thought it rather strange
that he did not speak or answer when she spoke to him.
He dined alone prior to his going to bed, and was sober ;
witness, saw a laadaaam bottle lying on the table—it was
empty. Mr. Richard Read, of N 0.51, Lamb's Conduit-
street, surgeon, deposed, that he was called upon about
eleven o'eloek to attend the deceased, found him in the
bed-room, No. 2, at the George and Blue Boar Tavern,
Holborn. The extremities were quite cold ;on taking
down the bed clothes, witness discovered a wound in the
left side, between the fifth and sixth ribs, it was a Pistol
shot wound, and witness could pas his finger into the
aperture. The body was warm, bat lie was quite dead.
He had no doubt that the wound occasioned the de-
ceasd's death. The pistol was on the nntside of the lbed
clothes, and front the situation it laid in, witness had
so doubt that it was fired off with the right laud.—
Richard Brimley Peake, of Clifforn's Inn, deposed, that
he had known deceased some years ; he was in the law, and
about ?4 years of age; the letter produced was the hand-
writing of the deceased; independent of that letter, wit..
ness never remarked any symptoms of insanity in him. Saw
him on Tuesday last ; he was then dejected, sail looked
very ill. The letter above alluded to was directed to Mr.
Peake. It mentioned that the deceased was much host at
having received a note from last witness, in which he was
stated to have lost Mr. Peake's confidence. The letter
"
written in a wild manner, and concluded by repeating
am mad, mad, mad I" Another letter was alluded to.
which it appeared that the deceased had sent to a young
lady, containing some trinkets. flame of the Jury eipmed
a desire to be acquainted with the Comeau of the letter,
but the Foreman urged that it should he kept private, from
motives of delicacy, Yerdich--That the deceased Mm-
milted the act when in a state of derangement.
On Thursday an inquest was held at the sign of the
Oxford Arms, Hampstead road, near the Canal, before
Thomas Stirling, Esq. Coroner for the County of Mid-
dlesex, on the body of John. Jones, a carpenter, who
met with his death in the following extraordinary man-
ner :—James Henning, of the Mansfield Arms, Kentish-
town, carpenter, being sworn, said he had known the
deceased for some time ; he was a single man, and about
25 years of age. About twelve o'clock last Monday at
noon, witness was in company with the deceased, at the
George, on the Hampstead-road. where they came to
dinner; after dinner each went to his separate employ,
and witness saw him again between 'evert and eight
o'clock its the evening after work. Witness was in his
company at the George and White Horse, in Pood-
street, until 12 o'clock at night, when they came away
together; and when they arrived at the lock-bowie, the
mail at the lock said they had ne business there at that
time of night, and to mind the stones at the bottom of
the bridge. While the lock-keeper was speak in* to him
thedeceased said " Jump into the lock 1" and with that
he immediately jumped in. The luck-keeper was pre-
sent at the time and saw it. Witness climbed down by
the water-gate, and, with the assistance of the lock
keeper, he got the deceased out in about three minutes.
He appeared dead when taken out of the water; they
carried him to the house, and witness went for a doctor,
and Mt. Roberts came and tried every possible means
for hie recovery, without success. Alter witness and
deceased left the Waite Horse, witness perceived.he was
intoxicated; but he had talked in a reasonable man.
tier, but did not mention any thing that distressed his
mind. Witness cannot in any way account for his
jumping into the water, otherwise than that he did it its
a state of intoxication. James Moore, keeper of the
loci near this house, deposed he heard the testimony of
the last witness ; and that part of it respecting his jump-
ing into the lock, at which wilneu was present, is quite
correct ; the deceased was four or five yards distant front
the lock when he said he would jump in I and from his
being intoxicated, witness imagined he said he would
jinni) in by way of joke, but did not intend to do so; at
was dark at the time; he was taken out of the water in
about four minutes. Robert Roberts, o: Camden-town,
sturgeon, deposed he was called to the deceased about
one o'clock on Tuesday morning ; he had him rubbed
for about an hour . he attempted to bleed him in the
'leek and arm ; he bled freely (ruin the jujular vein, but
never showed the least appearance of life. There were
no marks of violence on the body, and witnc>s has no
doutlit but he died from suffocation in the water. Here
the evidence closed.; and the jury after some time
ue-
turned a verdict-1 hat the deemed was drowned in a
state of extreme intoxication.

&young man of the name of Codrington, was killed
in a field in Newington parish on Saturday afternoon, iii
a pitched battle, with a man of the name of Cullington.
They had been fighting two hours without doing each
other much mischief I but it ended by the deceased get-
ting an unlucky fall upon the ,itle or the head, which
stunned him, and though medical- aid was promptly
administered. he died soon after trout the rupture of a
vessel in the head.
SUrrOSIIP ACOUIBYT Sy LIOHTVINU...-Saltirday
morning., as some labourers were going thJough Globe-
fields. Mile-End. they Muittl the body of a woman, be-
tween 40 and at) years of age woh a great disoolouration
all over her person. boipostsl to have been struck th....d
by lightning which took place c•ta evehhi, 01Couti
lid:ty• She was carriad to ow Crown 407.1 Scriore,
(3106c-lioc, to be owitva.--rA corona's inquest tU U.
Odd tut the bud/.

o'clock-on Sunday night the conversation turned off the
Peninsular
Peninsular war, when James Bowden. one of the UV
pensioners, warmed with liquor, and animated with the
thoughts of his former battles, began to relate his various
exploits, and how he would have acted in that war; he
accompanied his words with various gestures and ma-
nceuvres with his crutch at length he became the butt
of the room, and several tricks were played upon him,
by shoving one another against him, and pushing him
from one to another. Unfortunately, as he was going
out of the room, a man of the name of Robert Want
gave hint a slight push, mid he being standing at the
stair head, was pitched down to the bottom, and killed
on the spot. he landlord sent immediately for a con-
stable, and Ullaw was taken into custody, and sent to
the watch-house, lie was kept its custody two days,
until the result of the coroner's inquest was knows,,
when it appeared from the evidence that the posh given
WAS a very slight one, and not given with any inseution
of injuring the deceased, who bore him no mid
that Ullatu, after the accident, expressed much sorrow at
what happened, and did not attempt to escape. The
verdict of the corona': jury was—" That the deceased
name by his death by falling down stairs, occasioned by
• slight push from Robert Mani, he at the sante time
not designing the deceased any harm." After the verdict
wa. made known, the prisoner was set at liberty.
Tie following is related at Lille, and has created
much interest among the inhabitants of the village of
Frelinghien, where it occurred. At the co 11111 l COCO..
matt of the French revolution a company of artillery
was stationed in the above-mentioned village, where they
remained during a very-long period. An officer of the
company fell in love with a girl of the vs!l sge, and mar-
ried her according to the new ceremonies introduced—
namely, by espousing her in presence of one of the civil
authorities. A female infant was the fruitof this union.
A short time afterwards the company commenced tpse
campaign, and quitted the cantonements for the
It appears that the officer obtained rapid promotion • his
good fortune turned his head so much as to make lion
forget his wife and child. At first he wrote but seldom,
and at length abandoned them, and wrote uo ammo--
The poor woman, thus deserted by her unfaithful
band, was reduced to poverty, and by the labour of her
hands maintained herself and child in the best mapper
she possibly could. Twenty seven years passed (man
this way, when she one day received a letter dated ham
a Fortress in the East, informing her that her hinbasul,
who had arrived at the rank of field-marshal, had just
died, and left her all his property, which was very con-
siderable. At first she refused to believe this intelligence
—but a second letter set the matter beyond all doubt.
and confirmed the happy event. It happened that .alit
old soldier, a private belonging to the same company
with the deceased, revealed to the poor woman.emety
thing that had occurred; she succeeded in establishing
her claims to the inheritance, and is now in possessien
of a brilliant fortune. They still reside in their old 443•
score and humble abode, where they have now beought
the splendid furniture of a Fretsch general. This when-
ture bas caused a very great sensation in the village, and
has raised the curiosity of all the inhabitants.
Sunday night, about eight o'clock, a young unstrap(
respectable appearance, was observed walk rig back thuds
and forwards in a very agitated state on Waterloo-bridge.
At length he suddenly sprang upon the parapet -uterly
over the cenue arch. A gentleman near the spot im-
mediately ran towards him, in order to prevent•laim
jumping off, but before he could possibly wise thither.
the unfortunate young man precipitated himself frog aahe
bridge into the water. An alarm was iustautlyipven.
and wine watermen succeeded in resetting the bed7,,ppel
they carried it to Waterloo House, at the Surrey side.of
the Bridge. Medical aid was procured, and every.effert
was made to restore the young min, but all proseel
effectual A dreadful injury was discovered on eneshle,
which must have proceeded from his falling on the_base
of one of the pillars attached to the Bridge. lit the
course ofahe day he was owned ; it turned out that his
name was Whitten, a coal merchant, near Bankaide.
The cause assigned for his having committed this .rash
act is, that a short time previous to the last execution at
the Old Bailey, the deceased visited one of the culprits
with whom he had recently been acquainted, and it had
such an effect upon his mind, that ever since a degrec.of
melancholy had attached to him, and his eumlnet ,at
intervals bordered on madness. He teas between
,Ito
and 30 years of age. lie has left a will stud three children
to lament his unhappy fate.
CURIOUS COURTSHIT.-.•A young gentleman and
lady happened to be in the same pew, in a free church
in America. During the course of the sermon, the
youth reach something in the eyes of the fair, winch
made a deeper impression on his mind than the pions
lecture of the preacher. As love, although blind,. is
never at a loss for expedients, he presented the maiden,
whose charms had attracted his notice, with the follow-
ing passage. being the sth verse of the second Epistle or
John—" Now I beweeli thee, lady, not as though I
wrote a new commandment uuto thee, but that which
we had from the beginning. that we love one another."
After retailing this passage, the lady, in reply. promptly
referred her suitor to another passage. in the Old Testa-
ment, namely, the lash verse of the lit chapter of Ruth
—" Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from fol.
lowing sifter thee, for
,whisper 111011 guest, I will go ;
and where thou !Ansi, I will lodge: My people shtlt
he my people, amid lhy Godshall be tray God." 1.1.11%
was a treaty alliance proposed, which, in a short time
afterwards, was fully sanctioned, and ratified by the
minister.
/rumpled Suiciiie...A house-maid in a gentleman's
In Sloane-street, attentoed to destroy iset.eit.oll
'Thursday morning, in a water closet, to tine
She WdSdlSooYered suspended from beam, Li a fellow
servant, sod lortitomely she W. 16 Cul down it, •iine to
r; 'VAC :wile (vied alaillsall'all.--Ptc6ila.v..) %1 ti this. cause
of tila taiti act.

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four FATAL, ACCIDINT...4IIIIOIIIIII2 old Chelsea pensioner's
born, and soldiers were regaling in the club mouses dieSonw:
of P. Shoes public house, Chelsea. between ten and etered

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THE NATIONAL REGISTER

3.4

DRVOLCITION. lmainiffned ef elintiog to the deadens of *lie brethren in Poe.
fugal with Alan they wish to be elegy* ekes* tisiteel), and of
ACCOUNT OF TIIE REVOLUTION AT GENOA. PamciPlitiall ebb diem in the adv tgIS of du liberal anadtu;
Hun framing it Lithos,should prove Aeirgw, do all with one
fnw AN RYE WITNESS.' 0001101 accord resolve as follows:
On the 15th Marco, alter d stub r clay, the Governor
To swear obedience to the most high and powerful King,
of Genoa published a proclamation, anuomicing that at I Don John VI. adhesion to his royal dynasty, and the preservation
Turin the Spanish constitution was proclaimed, and that of the holy religion which we prawn.
the King Victor Emmanuel had altilicated, appointing "2. To swear to the constitution which shall be formed by the
the Prince of Carignatto Regent of the K ugdom. By Cortex in Pomp!, and in the mean time to that of Spain, in the
the same proclamation the Spanish constitution was
aan_ogunirner as that constitution bas been temporally adopted in
►
even to the Genoese, and received with great joy by all r „ 3rlThat the .1.;0014,
the inhabitants. Every thing remained quiet at Genoa: oppinnaion of gie""'"/„.„„%""eltcrtit'e" • 77_11;ivPut7 remr:
it even appeared that the Genoese were willing to resitain prooesoog junta ?WEI-wenn" of jrZsiiiis,"— tow his
spectators of the struggle between Piedmont and the I Mejesty solemnly aware tothe sold oonstittacin.
common enemy of Italy, Austria : when, on the 21st, "4. That the poet,
f,
this
being installed,
aril immediate
a fresh manifesto was ponlisned, as coming from the
frocoraiLmw u:
whichtofahalnam Portugal
usnsmand to
itnetowthinsyeasetaid there establisheddhesion ,
new King Carlo Felix, calling the patriots rebels ; and
threatening them with the vengeance of God and the to the King our Sovereign.
Allies, if they did not return to the ancient system; but "3. That the provaional government shall also order the
without a word of amnesty. speedy election of deputies to represent this province in the Corte
To this was joined a proclamation from the Governor, of Po
6. That all the acts of public administration shall be held
praising the Genoese for their former tranquillity ; and
to be enacted and done in the name of our Sovereign Lord Don
threatening, if they did not continue it, to call iii the John VI.
Austrians. It was obscurely added, that the Prince "7. That this day shall be a day of general reconciliation for
Regent had already conformed to the King's pleasure.— all the inhabitants of this province, whatever may hitherto have
As soon as this manifesto appeared, there was heard in been their differences as to political opinions.
every part of the city a sullen voice of indignation . „ " CONDE DE PALISIA.
Done
at _ Bahia, in the own Houar,
Tweatty students run tumultuously to the Governor's Feb. to, seal"
palace, and forcing him to grant them an audience, tie-
Govcaxoas 01 PROVISIONAL JONTA.
suatitled the new constitution, the national guard, ono 1. 'Arai Memel da Ma Cabral, President, for the Magis-
tete Regent's letter. Two of their demands the Gover-
nor absolutely refused :as to the civic guard, he promised 2. Paulo Joze de Millo, Vice President, for Agriculture.
they should be satisfied. Ott receiving this answer, the 3. Francisco Antonio Figuerias, for Tredes.
students sallied forth, and, assisted by the citizens, dis- 4. Jere Antonio Roz Vienna, for ditto.
armed almost all the guards, who were satin replaced
5. Lieutenant Colonel of Artillery, Marcel Pedro de Freitas,
Commander in Chief, for the Troops.
great tintithers , and the Governor himself procteded tau 6. Lieutenaht Colonel of Cavalry, Francisco de Paula, for do.
fax to the palace, to hold a council, followed by great 7. Lieutenant Colonel Francisco Joze Pere, 12th battalion,
c owds execrating him, and throwing stoles. Some for ditto.
tumult continued all night ; but no serious (1151011)10ft 8. The very Rev. Dean, for the Clergy.
occurred. The next day two regiments, supposed to be B. LINO. B. PAIRA, Secretaries.
disaffected, the marines, and the Saluzzo regiment, were
shut up in their quarters. Military law was proclaimed,
a id a strong guard planted in every part of the city : on
the Polite Real, opposite the Exchange, the caution,
loaded with grape shot, were nutted towards the city;
and the soldiers had orders to fire on the least alarnn.—
ln meanwhile the Genoese preserved a stern and
resolute silence, the constant forerunner of a storm in
Italy; it'was generally said that the city was sold to the
A tstrians, but that they should buy it dearly: At night,
on some slight alaiun a pistol was fired near the Gover-
nor's palace; on which the cannon began tirmg ; and
there being none of the citizens in the square, fourteen
eddies were killed, and some others wounded. On the
morns tag of the 23t1 the same appearance continued in
the city : the Governor's emissaries were at work sowing
dice snots between the soldiers and the people, and be.
twee.i:the different regiments ; on the other hand, a
party 0150 students, who having given a dinner to 50
officers in honour of the constitution, were marked for
webgestice, and were eager to increase the number of
Slier adherents. It was at last resolved upon to quell
She approaching revolt by the sword, when at 12 o'clock
a cry of " Long live the cousti 111 l ion" was heard near
the square of the Exchange, shouted forth by the ma.
rinse. The guard before the palace presented their
bay 'nets; but at this moment the officer command-
ing them was pushed against the wall by four
/Jeanne, who, presenting a pistol at his breast,
whispered in French---" Long live the constitution,'
and make your 'withers do the same, or you are a dead
Mitl3." The officer rephed by instantly obeying the
order ; his example was followed by his troops, who
threw down their arms after firing a feu de joie, and em-
trust' the people, who, assisted by the corps of mariiits,
seise lon the Ponce Reale, and turned the c moon again
towards the sea. Another party rushed into the palace,
and were dragging the Governor down :lairs with loud
execrations, when too young Genoese merchants,
named Peraguallo and Chiaccalugo' forced their way
thrsugh the crowd, and taking hold of the Governor,
led him its safety to the house of Chiaccalugo, on the
Piazza Caminito, where, under the bayonets of the self
cons tutted national-guard, who had taken possession of
the aims at me arsenal, and amidst the shouts of sit
im-
men e populace deniandittg his head, he signed a paper
resits thug his authority into the hands of a junta, all
Gen sae. The junta also published a paper proclaiming
Sew the Spanish coneda talon. lit two tiOUTS every part
o the soldiers dividing the duty of mounting guard with
t le eitizens,and the rest singing patriotic hymns and
d tieing among the people. The officer coluntauding
um small troop of cavalry, as soon as he saw the came
of tyranny defeated, roue, full gallop, to his quarters, and
ordering his soldiers to mount, lied witit them through
a private military gate towards Tuscany. The next day
the Governor was carried to the palace, where he re-
mained under the strict custody of the national guard.
The revoluorm was unpolluted by any act c): 11:tittder
or revenge. Even the Goer' LIOeS pal3ce was left un-
tot:crud by the populace, who merely seized out the
arms they t timid there, and threw his papers nut of the
window. A ploy of wood-sellers, has ity, liliesbigeuce
that he had loilged 150,000 trattcs in the hands of the
captain of the pure, took them front him by force, and
carried the snug eiiffiticlied to the junta.

Lieutenant Colonels Mamie' Pedro de Frahm; and Francisco
de Paula were the most active in promoting the revolution.—
Though we have as yet received no details, it appears that the
change did not take place without a contest, for -the letters state
that twelve of the military, including a 'Pivot, were killed.
When the account came away, all was tranquil.

REVOLUTION AT BAHIA.

Letters have been received from Bahia, dated the
12th of February, containing an accowit of a revo-
lution accomplished there iu favour of the present
Government. The follmving is tilt: copy of a reso-
lution adoped I.y the penaniz, uho took the lead in

bringing about this
The commanders and officers of the troops of the line,
composing the garrison of the city set Bahia, assembled in the
Praza de l'alacio, in the prt,er.ce of the Governor, Captain Gen.
Count de Palma, being anxious to :mad any effusion of blood,
which unfortunately might be the consequence of commotions
occasioned by the fears of the people, less the desire they have