The National Register.
London, England, 1821-06-24 00:00:00

OLD BAILEIJ SESSION%

On Tuesday, at twelve o'clock, the tria's terminated,
and the Recorder proceeded to pass sentensee upon the
prisoners convicted during the sessions:--Twenty-seven
were ordered in be transported for 7 yea's; 19 for 14
yens (17 of whom were convicted of haring forged notes
in their possession); and 8 for life. A great number
were senteoced to various terms of imprisonment, sonic
were ordered to be putiliely, and others privately whip-
ped, and in the case of five prisoners the ;:udgment of the
court was respited.
The following wretched persons, 20 FM number, were
then put to the bar to receive the a 'viol sentence of,
death, viz.—Mary Anne Ikhl, Henry \ Villiams, Joseph
Lenney, George l'avlor, Sarah Gillm es, William Clap-
penal,. and Cornelia ri:might, for ste: ding in dwelling-
houses; John Jackson, for rape; Jo hn Blakeney, for
highway robbery; William Wdstm, for returning front
transportation ; Robert Holding, C harks \ Vade, and
Henry James, for burglary ; Richat d Luck and John
Quittenden, fur horse stealing; Hen ty Ryan, for home
breaking in the day time , and H obert H itchi nough,
Thomas Clare, Charlotte Thorne, trid Elizabeth Web—
ster, for uttering forged batik notes,

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT FR' W 4 SUFFOCATION...-.
On Monday evening, at seven o'co Mk, inquisitions were
taken at Bruin's colfee-house, Die wgate-market, before
Mr. Thomas Shelton, coroner for Loudon and South-
wark, on view of the bitches of Jul an Honor and George
Hoag., nightmen, who were soli. Mated in the cesspool'
of the privy attached to the aforesaid house. It appeated
from the evidence of Mr. Joseph—Hodson, the landlord
of the above house, that the dec eased persons, aecom-
panied, by six others, came ab out twelve o'clock, ott
Saturday eight, to clean the privl of his house ; awl that
after having taken refreshment, they commenced tneir
WOlk, he having taken every pre caution that, during the
accomplishing of which, they sl souk' be perfectly sober..
which was the case. They cc ►ttinued taking am the
soil-by means of buckets, un id four o'clock on Sun-
day inoritiwz, when the de teased person (Honor)
proposed, as the most effecte al means of discharging
their undertaking, to go himselt. into the cesspool, which
he did, having previously adjost.cd a rope round his right
arm, the end of which was het II by a person above, but
had not entered matty steps down the ladder before he
dropped off, (it is supposed b ring overpowered by the
noxious vapour) and the rope (,living way, he was heard
to splash as if into a. pond of water, and c►y out, " Jack,
Jack, come and release me 1" Upon which a geueral mur-
mur ensued among his worktriates, and Hogg, the other
deceased, almost i ustawly gin down to his assistance,
having a rope tied round his waist, which was splice 4
about the ' Idle. He had riot got far down before be
made a signal by polling the rope to draw him up, and
in endeavouring to do so it gave way at the splice, and
he went to the bottom. Aatother man of the name of
Cole, after failing in several attempts to extricate the •
deceased persons, gut down at length, and havingapplied
ropes to them, they were dragged up, completely covered
with the soil. Mt. Field, of Newitate-street, surgeon,.
who was then in atteutlance, used the means gu neralty
adopted in restoring suspe ailed atiimatiota, but ineffectu.
ally. Cole, the man who was taken out of the cesspool,
was taken so ill from the effects of the foul a', as to
render his recovery almost dubious, but by the assistance.,
of the surgeon, he VV3115000 recovered a tittle, but 40111111 S
still 1111101 indisposed. ''ire privy is, about twelve feet
deep, and had been cleatied in riuveml.er last by the
same party. Verdict—" Accidental deaths from suf.
location."

A letter received from an F:nglish gentleman. who
is making a tour of Italy, states, that Majocchi now
resides at Milan in an elegant villa, where he lives
in splendour, and has nuinber ofservants in livery,
but he is not admitted into any respectable com-
pany. 'What has beanie o.f Mademoiselle Dumont,
the mock Countess of tArZombia

notice.

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130 W STREET.
CHARGI or ATEOAPT AT MURDER —On Friday,
John Young a sturdy looking labourer, was brought be-
Cire G. R. Esq. the sitting magistrate, charged
Stith attempting to murder his wife.
One of the disinomited horse patrole deposed, that as
he and others of his party were going along the road, at
the ick of Somers Town, on Thursday night, about It
o'cloe k, they heard the screams of a woman, and cries
of ‘. Murder! help, for God's sake, or I shall be mur-
dered!" apparently proceeding from a lonely place called
Ithoileitt held. '1 hey proceeded instantly to the spin,
am! found the complainant, Mrs..l'ottog, lying on the
ground, aud the prismier standing flier her, and kicking
and heathy her in the most savage manner. He was
iiirenersliaiely taken into custody, but it was with some
that lie was secured, so violent and outrageous
was his comliact.
• :qrs. Young, the wife, stated, that on Tuesday evening
the prisoner came home in a state of intoxication. She
was in bed, but he dragged her out and beat her about
the head, and-in ast niggle which she madeto get down
stairsothe received it severe cut from a knife which be
had in his hand, and swore he would murder her; at
l..nuth she opened ..he window (one story high), and
jumped omit to save I terselt When she returned in the
• stiorning he was goo. • ; and on 'Thursday, hearing he was
at Paddington, to te .e company of some loose woitien,,
s.it• went to him, air ! persuaded hint to conic home, he
promising to behave better. He went along peaceably
until they got near Rhodes's field, when he I•egan to
abuse her. knocked 1 ,er down, swore he would be the

of her, and was l .ick iiig tier, when her cries brought
t!ie patrobra to her aastitance. She had no doubt that,
bin for their timely art ival, she would have beets mur-
dered.
The landlady of the house in which they lived bore
te-simony so the brutsi. conduct of the prisoner, and
added that he was chit Hy supported by his wife, who
was a most industrious as id sober woman.
The prisoner expressed great contrition, and assured
his worship, that if heat iuld be forgiven this once, lie
would never offend again.
The worthy magistrate o bsen•ed, that lie was evidently
t. .o dangerous a character t a be at large without proper
security for his behaviour, a rid ordered him to find good
Lail.-1-le was constituted to r the want of the required
securities. _