The National Register.
London, England, 1817-06-02 00:00:00

ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, etc.

Mr. Ricitie of Liverpool, who was severely woundei by the
overturning of a Liverpool coach, at the time whin another
gentleman (Mr. Bancroft, of Manchester), lost his life by the
accident, has recovered 7501. dinuagts uum the proprietors
of the coach : the Jury being of opinion that the overturning
was owing to intemperate driving. We are glad this award
has heel' wade, since it will operate against the dangerously
rapid movements of stage coaches running in opposition to
each other.

Tuesday night, at Tothill-fields Fair, a young woman named
Ellen Al`Domiell was thrown out of a swing, and struck by
another adjoining, which cut her head and dreadfully bruised-
her about the body. She was carried to the Westminster In-
firmary in a senseless state. Nu less than five others were
taken there um!er similar circumstances, with broken limbs
and otherwise bruised.

Wednesday inoruing so:ne soldiers in tee Guards saw a
man lying near the White Hart public-house, at Knights., s'
bridge, on the ground ; on taking hint up they found be was •
dead. He had been in the house a short time before, anffs
having gone to the door, is supposed to have fallen down and •
died. His name is Bayliss, of Paddiugton.
About four o'clock on Tuesday afternoon as the Peckham
and Camberwell stage was on its way from town, the fore-
'aide-tree broke, and the coach was overturned opposite the
Lying-in Hospital in the Westminster•road. An elderly lady
who was inside received material injury, and was carried to
u neighbonriug surgeon's.
Wednesday a bricklayer fell from a scaffold in Kensington
Gardens, which was more than thirty feet from the ground.—
He was dreadfully injured, and was carried to St. George's
Hospital almost lifeless.
A child, about seven years old, belonging to Mr. Dollen, -
at Whitechapel, strolled from her father's house on Tuesday
evening, and getting amongst the crowd in the street where
some fellows were playing at three pins, she was struck with
the stick upon the temple with such force that her Life was
despaired of.
'1 lie whole of the gang who committed the robberies in the
houses of Mr. Hanson of poste ick, and Mr. Shaw of Lingards,
near Huddersfield. have been taken. Two of them (Mickle-
thwaite and Gartside) were hanged at the York Assizes, and
three of them (Alillington' Taylor, and Smithies,) were trans.
ported. Oil the 27th iilt.Mr. Nadin took lip John Howarth,
alias Jack o'th'Hole)—and last Monday night he took James
Shaw, the last of the gam,, in the old 'Firropike-1 ((((( se, near
Eccles ; and on Tuesday conveyed him to Huddersfield, when
he was directly committed to York. This last ',intoner is de-
scribed to be an astonishing powerful man, whose strength
and appearance were sufficient to affright any common Police
Officer from the discharge of his duty.
On the 17th inst. R. Fisher, keeper of the Artichoke Gate,
at Bexley, was convicted in the penalty of 108. and costs, for
demanding and receiving of Mr. E. Poolly, of Maidstone,
victualler, a toll for a horse that he was leading to pasture.
Aleauen.—p'arley's Bristol Journal gives the following
particulars of the murder of Mr. Thompson :—" Mr. '!'pomp-
soil, who has a coal wharf at Lidbrook, having suffered con-
siderable depredations, had determined to keep watch• over
his property on the night of Tuesday. About four o'clock
on the morning of Wednesday, while he was on the look-out,
he observed two women approach him, with sacks on their
backs, whom he was induced to speak to • and on seeing,
the name of his neighbour, Mr. Hall, of to;
Bickner,
(an adjoining parish) on the bags, lie asked them what they
contained ; they said it was wheat • on which he took them in
charge to his house, and immediately afterwards went to
Eastheach.Court, the residence of J. navies Esq. to make
himacquainted with the circumstance. His son, Mr. 11.
Davies, instantly accompanied Mr. Thompson to Lidbrook,
to question Rio women in custody ; sisal soon after they
reached his house, tour men were walking through the ham.
let (then about six or seven in the 'wrong?) who were known.
to he the men who committed the robbery. Upon this Air.
Thompson, went up to Win. Turner, whom he, with the as.
sistance of Mr. Davies, instantly seized; hut Mr. Thompson
told Mr. Davies, that if he would release his hold of Turner,
and secure another of them, lie had power to bold Ina pri-
soner; upon which Mr. Davies resigned his arm, and was in
the act of proceeding towards the others, when 'Fitruer took
hold of 4 pistol or screw gun, which lie was in the constant
listen of carrying about him, and was thou concealed umbr
his frock, and shot Mr. Tholupsou, who fell dead on the
spot; while, at the same moment, by a sudden spring of the
11.0 w aids erns, he gave Mr. Dirties a violent blow in the
stomach, the shock of which laid him opeechleas for a few
seconds on the ground; and though a few persons saw this
transaction, they were so much appalled by the horror of it,
that the Turners, taking advantage of their feelings, made
to the shore of the Wye, where a barge lay, which they cut
from her mom hip, and landed themselves on the opposite
side of the river, while the other associates sought refuge by
retie- back to the covert of the Forest of Dean.
I's hiltin~6am alias Snapper, was taken in a tarn, at Howl-
hill, near Ross, on Wednesday sennight, aril conveyed
from Less to Gloucester Gaup; and Richard Heath, Wier
Settler, a stout ill looking fellow, sit his dwelling near West-
bery-upoieSevern, on Saturday evening, and conveyed to
Gimlet ster Pri,oo. Richard Tomer is aged oboist 2.2 years.
Information of this outrage having been conveyed to an iron
work near Cardiff, a well selected party of the men, with a
courageous leader, set oft for the Gildrems Wood, BMW Pro.
tom k 1104 w orks, where Jonathan Criseket was employed as
a wood eullier. O 4 arrislog at his cabin there, the party
surrounded it, except their leader, who boldly entered in,
and there saw R. Turner, %shout lie immediately challesited
by acme., who at tint dented it ; I nit un his being teld that he
Yeas ties mall they had come in search of, a. one of the patsy
concerned in the iiimakr of Mr. Thomosou, here) longer con-
cealed ; ul ssleieh they took him ihto custody, aid
lie was, accordingly, manly lodged in !Monmouth county
ra.lle. Hie brother William, %%Au committed the murder,

had hero there, hut had left it about thirty hoots for Neat'',
%%here he m. as vort,tied, and, We 41V (Oki, 14101 just hopes of
his a, pi eten-ion. "I hive are 'utilises ut the noes, of Dealt.
0;1 Mon lay Into ;dug. it chard Tttioer, afta.r a slight exasoi
ra6 o beim r the liev.T. Prosser, 'Ma)or, and Edward Mar.

t,u, FA+ (the broth: t• of sir. Hello Davis. who o .is knocked
doss 'I hZ Wln. Till mr, r the murder of Mi. Tlmumisou)
to identt6 his person, had the commitment made out, uud he
was sent off, under the guard of two eonstaMe., in a iii•st
chaise, t add to his associates la arirrc in the cabt.lt of that
comity."
sS HEELING OE BARROWS Ott lite PAvEta Eirr.-3 y
last, Jr.iies Dowsin , a ha.ser's man, twitimm in Westminster,
oas tined 5 . r ow Ma Us. foot ptir , •
and the Magistrate of Queen-mitt:lie, added, that he tumid
double the penalty OR catch sepliiion of the obeli( e, nil, Jt
amouuted to 31. as ditikted by l'adiatueut.