The National Register.
London, England, 1814-09-25 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

SEPT. 25.

FATAL DUEL.—flu Saturday week, an unfortunate duel took
place at Newcastle Fin Carmarthenshire. It appears that, a
Mr. Hislop, a gentleman of respectable family, went to Newcastle
to view an estate which was about to be sold, and was invited by
Mr. B—, of that place. to dinner on Thursday. The former,
however, behaved in au unbecoming manner, and used improper fan.
guage, for which he was reprimanded ; he then quitted the house,
and challenged Mr. B. to meet him in the morning. Mr. B. hoping
that passion would subside, replied, that he was engaged on the
Friday, but if he demanded it, would meet Mr. H. on the Saturday.
Accordingly on Saturday the parties met, accompanied by their
Secoilds; and on the wovd " present" being given, Mr. H. requested
My. B. to " stop." Mr. B. accordingly dropped the point of his
pistol, and :,Jr. H. then said, " Now, make ready." This was done,
and the ball from Nu. IL's pistol shot Mr. H. thorough the body,
and he died almost immediately. Mr. H.'s pistol did not go off,
in consequence, it is supposed, of the flint being too long ; had this
,tot been the case, it is ptobable that both the combatants would
have fallen. A Coroner's Jury u eturned a verdict of Wilful :Murder
aglinst some person or peisans unknown.
• An inquest was held last week. at Sionehonse;Devon, on the body
of Thomas COWaIIS, a seaman uu board the Salvador, ss ho had made
a her hr would tto tip and stand on the tiock at the main-top-royal.
mast head, which he had effected about half-past seven o'clock in
die evennie, but no ;wen pting if/ come down, by holding only with
his hands on a rope called the top-gallant back-stay, he came down
so swift that he could nut keep his hold ; and till from just under
the main-top on the larboard side of the deck, on his tree, quite in-
sensible ; the blood wished out from his mouth and ears, and one of
his thighs was fractured; he languished till about one o'clock in the
mccoieg, when he died.—Verdict, Accidental Death.
Friday stonnight, as H. Screeder was going from Northbourn to
‘‘'hitfii Id, Kent, lie was attacked by three ruffians, who demanded
his .3 atch ; he told themshe h d tome, and proceeding to act on the
defenske. drew out a knife, mitt which he stabbed one of the vil-
lains in the breast ; the other two succeeded in getting Screeder
down, when they wounded him in--the arm, beat him most tinnier.
cifolly, and after rifling his pockets of twenty-seven pounds, drageed
him into an adjacent wood, supposing him to be dead—one of the
ruffians, however, retorned afterwards, and jumped on the body
t;iree times. The unfortunate sufferer remained in that deplorable
situation until nearly noon the next day, when he was discoveied
and conveyed to Whitfield. lii a shOrt time he was sufficiently re-
covered to give a very particular description of the villain lie
wounded, who he states had lost his left arm above the elbow, and
was dressed in a blue jacket and trowsers. The villain fell from the
wound inflicted by Screeder, which must consequently have been a
severe one, and we hope may lead to Isis detection
A roost melancholy occident occurred on Saturday selmight, on the
turnpike road between Faringdon aid Wintage, Berks. Mr. Spicer,
a farmer residing at Goosey, had loaded a waggon with cheese for
%Vantage, and his wifti embraced the opportunity afforded her thereby
(.1 ridi,g ono the waggon to that place: having arrived opposite the
farm, calk(' Garland:, they. wete overtaken by some men, with a
number of loose colts, returning froM Leachlade fair ; these, in pass-
ing, divided on each side of the waggon, and thereby frightened the
horses which were drawing it : the result was truly fatal, fur in endea-
vouring to .stop them, the driver, John Combly, was beaten down, and
both wheels passed over his loins—he expired in a le .v minutes after.;
ards. The horses hting thus left without a driver, set off at a full
gallop ; the wagg,n was in consequence overturned, and the cheese
tailing on Mrs. Spit., r, she Has killed on the spot: The boy Mho led
the foie horse had a narrow escape, haying been knot ked down by it,
but he fortunately succeeded in rolling out of the way of the wheels,
before they passed.--An inquest was held on the bodies by Mr. Slade,
of %Vantage, M hen the Jury returned a verdict of 9ecidental Death,
A remarkable instance of recovery from the effects of cutting the
large blood vessels in the neck has recently occurred in Portsea, on
an unfOrtimate person who had made this attempt at suicide ;.—Mr.
Wdli.ims, the surgeon, instantly grasped.the bleeding orifice to pre-
vent Nether loss of blood, and adopted an operation which alone
presented the least hope of saving life, which was to interrupt the
ci cohabit) of blood through these vessels, by tying them and the
mass of substance leurrounding them (both above and below the
• wound) so that they might be made impassable for the blood. This
was candidly effected, although the patient was nearly expiring
from the great effusion of blood, but is now, however, completely
restored to health. This case affords the fourth very gratifying
proof, that the disuse of one half of the organs which convey blood.
to the head may be sustained without injury, when the cure of
wounds or diseases of these parts renders it necessary; which facts
until lately, was not conceived pOssible.