The National Register.
London, England, 1817-06-09 00:00:00

ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, 4c.

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Wednesday afternoon a dreadful ocenrrente took place is
Portinati-squaie.' The lady of Dr. Cherie. Dliston NeVino.
son, after taking her usual vi all. in the inetosu re of the square,
hail just closed the gate and was crossing the foot way noon
her return !mate, when a horse, dram ing a gig, took fright,
and running with areat fury, brought the shaft of the vehicle
in contact midi her head, and literal!) cla,ltrA it to pieces.
The blood flowed tirrilnscly, and site died in a few minute.-
after. The lady was the mollies of thrt e children. She was •
about 33 years of age, and extremely interesting. Her re-
mains wet e conveyed to her residence, and the scene of
affliction vs hick they caused there, to a husband and to chil-
dren who were most fondly attached to her, cannot ha
ibed.
CHARGES me M;:anut.—Tuesday Arkrooh, the SirecTlsb
tailor, who has tilt citify undergone several ersaiiii,tatiimis at
Shadwell Police Office, was examined before the Lord* or
the e •il„ upon a charge of having murdered a messiest?, •
named Fitzems iek, by tin owing him overboard, in the river al
-Cautou.—lit was fully committed, and will be tried by is
special Commission ;:t the next Old Bailey Sessiotts.
Ssme day James Barnett, or Ballard, was blastula up from
the savoy, by iiiimphreys, intore the Lords of the Pt ivy
Cnrueil , and examined upon a chat ge of murtieting his wife:
The erieoncr a as a private in the 7th 2tcgiment•et Foot, and
sas at lietigolatirl in October, 1,05. The charge iteanst hires
is for beating Lis wife, and indicting wounds on hit. body
with a sharp instrument, which caused her iminediati death.
'Flue prisoner persisted in his innocence.—He will be tried
tinder a Special Commission, at the Old Bailey, next Sessions.
Lord Chetwynd. Sir W. Grant, Sir W. Russell, Sir V. Gibbs,
and Sir N. Conant, were present.
Mr. Daniels, surgeon, of Weldon, Northamptonshire, has
been committed to the comity gaol, on a charge of nuirdroing
his infr.nt child, borne him by his serval t girl, who is sup.
posed to ha'. e made the charge in consequence of his not hay.;
lute advanced her the money she required as a re ation
for concealing the murder. Bait, to the amount of 1000 gui-
neas, was refused, in consequence of the nature of the alleged' •
i.tie. _ _

It OaDtRY AND RAPE.--012 Stmeay afternoon 0. Wanlate?, a Is-
',ours?, woo lises in a small house No. 9. Pardise-row' St. Pancras.
left his house fur the purpose of looking after two of iliseliildrea who
were at play. leaving no person at borne but his wife. who went up
stairs. She wes.not long in her room, when it was entered by two
ill-locking fellows; and More the poor woman had time to alarm
the neighbours, one of the villains gave her a tr.sneneousblow on the
b irk part of the head, and knocked her down on the bed. Thty then
tied bath her hands to the posts of the bed, and to prevent her SCraall,
being heard, stuffed her mouth with a handkerclii.,f, and rifled her
pockets of two isa. pieces after which they violated her person.,
fhey effected their escape, and in the above snus.tion she was found
by her husband on his return. The poor woman has ever since been
subject to frequent and long hystetic fits.
The Parish officers of I.iniebotwie, returning from Itaw Fair,
where they had been on duty, on Suite... 7 morning, met. in a field, a
large concourse of people. chiefly Irish, assembled for the purpose of
fighting three pitched battles, whom the officers desired Mecums:
Ides to disperse, which they did ; but shortly afterwards they esteemed
and went into a field adjoining. where a ring was formed, and the
officers went in; but no sooner were they in the ring than they won
knscked down and dreadfully beat. Five Tenons were Aeneas&
taken before the Magistrates, at Shaiwell, who °mined thew sa
to filid
An untortimate circnmstanee huts just happened at Cris
miens, in Dauphine, wheie it turiotts wolf has bitten set eral
persons. Ten of theta have been -conveyed to I.yons to re-
ceive surgical assistance in the hospital of that city. lir the
number is a child, whose cin ek is almost torn off. The cou-
rage and address of a young !Ilan prevented the ravages which
tlii. ferocious animal might hove still further committed. At
the moment when the wolf was springing at Irian, lie throat
Irk hand into the beast's month, seized Irks by the tortgaal
threw him down, and thins afforded time for other persons to
cum.' II p and kill this il.ingerons animal.
Niel Douglas, the 111 l iversalkt preacher, residing in Stock.
will-suet t, Glasgow, at cured of se 'ition, as mentioned in
our last, has heels tried before the High Court of...Justiciary.
at Elinherglo, when the .Istey,after a few minutes tar/aside' s-.
tion, returned a verdict of Nut Godly.

NATIONAL. MONUM,NT%.--The Committee of Taste, ap.
'minted by Parliament to thricie upon -the denigns for the
Grand Natioual Monnineats, have held their final 'netting at
the house of the Earl og Abel deer. The models, *Moll bad '
undergone some slight alterations, were filially appioved,
and the Chairman, ',Jr. C. Long, drew lip the repot( to the
Lords of the Treasury. 'Mr. WilF.ins's estimate for the Wa-
terloo Moonily id is 200,0001. and Mr. Smirke's Navel 'nu-
llity is to et st 101,0001.--It is intredinl that both ,410iild be
immediately ot.g„„, With the view of employing a of
workmen in the metropolis, at present lan-doom the means a
gaining their sulisi:tence.
iitaiumrid de-dgord to be erected on lllaßehtn-hill, is
honour of the Duke of Wellington, wdl be col 1111 l mired iu
Oetober xt. The first stene will be laid by Lord Somer-
ville. it ;s to be of a triangular. form, one hundred and forty
fret in height, with a east iron nt4tire, twenty fret high, i;f
the illustrious Duke on the top. 'lke estioure of die ckpence
is 24031-

LosoEvtri.—Lately died at Neithoek, William Taylor,
at the advanced age of Id 2. lie had subsisted for many
years past on the homily of the family of Kinitairol, whom he
...titian:lt served for the long period of seventy years, 11 1.001-
twon. Having had au nucorontoot memory bestowed on him,
he cotild give the most accurate detail of transactions lewd,
occurred during his long life. He retained his fditialtie3 and
scores till shortly before hi,. drab.
Net er was there to more fasootable chanoe-in the weather
than thst %%Melo Itas lately taketi place, or likely to be attended
with more imiortant conseii.e..nees.—Dot Ong the uncommon
drought of 1.:4 month, the very V 11,4,11 in which
psleowers are indlop, nsiblc to the p:osperity of the traps,
vegetation langoisheil the gross load made a„
progress, all the kitten crops and seeds were at
stmool, wealing a yellow and iekoy lop;. arance ; aunt the
wheals, excepting those upon lime hest soils' were visibly
deer •;.—ti'l•eleas now, %ego gation el all kinds wear a
renovuted aspect, and hold rot oli the prospect of most
atmuildin ei ups, willed' if loot ennutet s.ettil hy the machination's
of speculators, will amply conyetisate for those privations
the poor have an long, and tu their credit be it spoken, so
patiently endures*.
An mil gelid, man .of the 113.110 of Gould lately married
a girl scarcely nii.tecn years of age. After the wedding the
;UM Inidegroi in addressed to his •friend Dr. ti—ck the
following emiplet to inform him of the happy e emit ;
.• So you s..e my den Sit, tho' t yearn ol 1.
A gi lof falls in hove with ail Gould."
To WWII IN I), iiir reahe 1
•• A Girl c &yr ten rm.y hwr (;.N.14, it is trite.
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