The National Register.
London, England, 1814-10-09 00:00:00

OCT. P.

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manOloniPclTdvri)r, died ...'uddriliv he Ciro-ye
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Sime profane wad ere trived the explosion of one of the inflammable
compo.itn.ll‘, raked dtt,,tiatiug ball.. (in Sunday, in the Broadway
Chapel, Westuil :Styr, which caused not a little alarm umono the
co I.regation•
Thorsda c morning, William Bull, son of a respectable halter, re-
in:di stiett, Blooliishory, whilst cleaning the iront s'
in-
duwsof hi, father', shop, the ladder, owing to the moi.ture of the
.tlag,s, gave way, and shockin;,, to relate, li• fell npoti stone farce
spikes, which penetroted him body so far that he was hit's dttfietiltv
ext deated. He then ran toward., Dr. Vincent',, %%hinit how
twenty yards distance; but in the attempt fell irrc.trhte on 1i•
bark. and in.rtantly expired.

Thursday se'nuight a dreadful affray took place between eleven
and twrive o'clock, in King str'et, St. George's in tic East, betm
iEn
some drunken sailors, cool-heavers and Inmpers ; Own Barney
Shields, the watchman, received a blow from a man of the name a
William Harney, or Money, a coal-whipper. echo worked in the
neighboui hood of Sliadwell and Wapping, w iiich kil!ed him on the
spot. '1 he fellow who inflicted the blow has air-entitled.
A daring attempt at robbery was made I aqt week in the bowie of
E. Manners, (known by the name or the Deaf Doctor), at Gates-
head, Neweris.tle. Manners %las awakened anont midnight by two
suet' who had broken into house, am' %%ere attemidinz to rdn
him ; lte, however opposed *nett rt..sistance, as not only prevtniud
the robbery, bid mwit: it extremely difficult fir them to en< et their
r.,cape ; w Idyll at length tit y rieeoloplisln d, tht instives
through a %mall Wddlov%, by which the entered one of them leas lag
it shoe behind. .111.anners is sit nug, bale, and of heroic c drag,,
Ilidd;:h BO years ut age. extreme ly deaf, and by trade a vender of
liosti inns. Having otetemew one. of the villains, the other, with an
iron instrument, assailed the old man. and indicted same severe
wounds on his head, the send having in various places been laid
bare.

A fire, which threatened extensive destrnction, broke out at a
late hour on Tuesday night. in the hack pa: t of the per mist.% behing•
lii to Alessi,. Sparks and Soli druggists and distillers, St. John's.
street. Smithfield. Al. the chief part of the property ifi the "14re-
houses w as of a combustible oatore, the &me. raged %VIII: g: vat fury,
and considerable damage was done ere they could he subdued. The
dwelling house of Messrs. Sparks caught fire, that and the
re•t of the neighlomilitiod were Meatdmiger of lit log reduced
but the filmes were got mider the exertions of the fit chick; butol
TUICII injury was sustained by any of the building-, except the
warehouses; and where the lose' occasi med is rely grcat.
A dreadful fire broke out on Satni day se'enni-ght in the morning,
at St. News, linntingdonsline, in the street leading towards Cam
bridge, called Calsilindt e•street It is supposed to have happened
iu consequence of some men who were splitting wood by means of
gunpowder, some parts of which had been blow» and alighted on
a thatched lmildieg. Eleven houses were consumed ; the flames
spread so rapid, in consequence of the wind being very hiA, and
the buildings in a very diy state. Many of the poor inhabitants
bare lost the whole of their furniture and other property.
An elderly G.entleinen, resident at Camberwell. was stopped by a
tuotp id, On Frid:iy se'imight, Mihden Lane, near fliehgate,
vile) presc• ted a pi-tot to his hrea,t, alt,d deem:der' his ne,miy in a
tremidi lone. The dusk of the evening had approached, and the
goetteoein ea. Just enabitd to ascertain tha, the iofilier, who wore a
crape over his lace, was not x very old offender; he told him to take
away ilk lestol, promising to conform to his wishes. The robber cum-
p!nid, and waked paiiewly while lie slowly unbuttoned his two Coats,
sod fumbled in his po,:kets. I3v this time two men apeienclo This
eircams:duce, r, did not seen) to attru. I. the notice of the foot-
pad, who piwively at the head of the hor.e, as if vb,,.1-,ed in
thought. The old (Jentleman took advantage of this cheoinstauce, and
calhng to the :nen for assistr.nce, they secured the robber, atid con-
veyed him to a nubile-house near the
_lsnot. lie suffered himself to he
disarmed without sneaking a word. Upon their ana:epting to remove
the crape trim) Lis face. he seemed mocii d:sturhed, tied t wicavonred
to pr, vent them. Tney fleeted it, however, and IJ the surprise of
the accuser, he recognised his own nephew. The exclamation of both
p lilies, at the mornent,• disclosed the secret; and an explanation fol
lowed, which ended the discharge of the men who 11)44 assisted in
seeming the otfeuder, and an arrangement which, n 44 d iuht, proved.
satisfactory to the young luau, who scented deeply affected at his si-
taattua.

653

Last Tuesday evening a Coroner's inquest was held on the
body of Mary Payne, at the Coach and Hoises, Little °mond-
street. deceased kept a house in Oinnind-street, and was
about forty-five years old. A servant in the howe stated, that as
she way lighting the fire in the morning, she heard that Mrs. Payne
svo soddenly taken very ill, and on goitag into the bed room, found
the deceased in couvulsions. Mr. Fernandez, apothecary, found
tier in a state of insensibility, and in strong convulsive fits, differing
very little in appearance from apoplexy; but whilst he was con.
siderinm what the attack cottlr4 be tinder which she was labouring,
Ilse Imsba.:d showed him a letter written by the deceased, which
left no doubt ou his mind that she had taken poison. The emetics
usnalk' given to perso! s in melt a Ntase were administered, but
without effect, as she died 4bout noon ; and subsequent circum-
sin:ices, a bolt e being found concealed %silk+ had contained lauda-
num, etc. left no doubt that she bad poi,onrd herself. Verdict--
Lumley—poisoned herself.
, A Coroner', Inquest was held last week at WiVon, Norfolk, on
the body ef C B. Lake, an infant about eight months old. It
appeared that the pare'tts of the child. had purchased some land-
ithlllll, and the &H.:gist emittitu to give proper directions as to -rd.
mitistering it, the quantit% ti%en to the child was so powertul as to
terminate its existence relict, Died front Ike rio'ent effects of
laldanu.a applied through wisadrentLre.
A Corot:er'sinquest was held on the body of Catharine Weale, on
Wednesday, at the Northumberland Arms, Wells street, Oxford
.roinl. Richard Weak, the husband, stated, that he resided in
Adam and Eve-cont t, Oxford-road, and .that he was guard to the
IlrLltton mail roach. After dinner on Sunday last, hits wife went
to lay down, and he accompanied her to the room. A friend
eallinr, he went into another apartment to him and a minute after-
wards the maid came and said, that his wife was dead. He went
to the bed-room, and iMind her lifeles,:. Mr. Brown, Surgeon,
stated, that he bled Mrs. Weale but in vain ; that there was no
suspicions or ‘iolent marks about her, and that she must hate Cited
a natorli, although a very sudden death. about au hour before he saw
lier.—Verdiet Died !, the Visitation of G d.

111 RTI-1.
On the 25th ult. at. l'isenunt Melbourne's, Brod:et Hall, Herta,
Countess Cowper, of a still-born child.

MA it RIED.
Henry Brown, Esq. banker, Windsor, to Miss Dolby, of Wink.
field.
Lately, George Wilbraham, Eq. of Dehmore Lodge, county of
Chester, to Lady Anne Fortesene, third daughter of Earl Fortescue.

ITIIS.
Wednesday sennililit7 aged 75, the Rev. G. Wright, of Brandon,
Suffolk.
Thursday last, in St. Giles, Norwich, in his 85th year, the Rev.
Thomas Howes, Rector of Mouruingthopy, iu Norloti. (in the gift
of the crown), and of Thorudon, in Su&lk. He w a nrofolind
scholar, and the formidable antagonist (with bishop Hotsley) of the
late Dr. Priestley, in the Trinitarian controversy in 1781. He was
the author of " Observations on Books, ancient and modern," and se-
veral theological works.
On the Ist inst., at Blnnderstone, in Suffolk, in conseqnenee of his
gun going off accidentally, S. Saunders, Esq. M. 1).
On Tuesday last, at his apartments in Colmore row, Birmingham,
J. S. Pratt: Esq. Author of Gleauings &r. occ.
Last week. suddenly, Mr. Richard Kt tich, a respectable farmer.
at Charibory. Oxfordshire. His brother, Mr. William Kcoeb. Of
the same place, attended his funeral in d health, ii;:d on the fol-
lowing day was seized with an apoplectic tit, and extinct'.
At Bri,ditnir ou Sunday last, in the 75th year of flee a,ze.
Countess of Denhigh, widow of :he late Basil. tint F. 411 of Denbigh
and Desmond,' Grandfather of the present Earl. a minor. Her
Ladyship was sister of Edward Farnham, r,,q. of Quorodon, and
was married first to the late Sir Charles Halton!. Bart. of IVeston, in
Leicestershire, by whose will that property devolves to Sir Henry
Halford, nart. M. D.
R. Bally, Esq: banker, of N:•wbury, Berks.
Suddenly, Major-General Fisher, ()ruttier to the Lord Bishop of
Silisburv.
In September, at Flower hie in the enmity of Gal .e ay, the Right
Him. Anthony, Lord R:vorstoo. Baron NllVeilt. Ri s erston, comity
of Galway. The title of liiverstim being contiqred by King James
the Second, after his abdication, has not been admitted by the
Hon,e of Peers. His Lordshin is succeeded by his son, the Han.
William Thomas Nugent, ot'rwiiace, uow Lord Riverston.