The National Register.
London, England, 1820-04-17 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Thursday morning last, by some wa tMitu, floating on
the water, g,oing through the bridge they tool. it out,
and carried it to the bone.house, near Chelsea .:lurch,
for the coroner's inquest. The body was much bloated,
and appeared to have been some ilass in the water.—lle
was 33 years of age, and had not been heard of since
the evening of the glst of last month, until found
drowned ; no evidence hieing before the jury how he
came in the water, they returned a verdict" Found
Drowned." On Saturday morning, when the under-
taker's men came to strip the body, in order to pm it into
the coffin, they discovered a liactiire on the left side of •
the head, and a stab, as if from a b.ionet or dirk,
under the breast. Toe frienda of the deceased caused
the coroner to issue his warrant, and the same jury were
summoned again, and met at seven on Saturday
evening. It appeared, on stripping the deceased, that,
his gold %eaten was found or his skin, inside his
drawers, tinder his knee. Ile had only three pettily-
womb of halfpence about him, and his pocket-hook was
found in the skirt pocket of his COS:, Willi some letters
in it, which led to the discovery of the deceased.
Mr. Keefe of Coeyne.walk, Chelsea, surgeon, exa-
mined the body ; he probed the woimd, which in his
opinion, was the cause of his death. It appeared that
the deceased had received 1001. in notes two days before
his leaving home, and whether he was robbed of them
or not could not be ascertained. It was Supposed, from
his watch being found concealed as it was, that the
deceased finding himself attacked by robbers, put the
watch in his dratvt.rs far safety, and dist after he had
been lobbed anti unuttered his body was thrown into
the River, bin in what part it could not be ascertained.
Verdict, " Wilful Murder against sotne person or per-
sons unknown."
The scrutiny at Ipswich was resumed on Saturday
se'unight, at the close of which day it was again
adjourned till Wednesday last. Ott Friday night
lust 41 votes had been struck off the numbers of
each candidate ; but on Saturday the list of Messrs.
lialdimand and Lennard was reduced four, and that
of Messrs. Crickitt and Round oily two.

DUEL.—On Friday morning, the Sth instant, at
an early hour, a meeting took place near the Lough,
between the Hon. Christopher Hely Hutchinson,
Esq. 11. P. for Cork, and Patrick W. Callaghan, Esq.
the former attended by Sir Wm. A, Chatterton, Bt.
as his second, and the latter by Denis Richard
Moylan, Esq. On the first fire Mr. Hutchinson
was slightly wounded in one of the fingers of the
left hand, which hits been since amputated. but we
understand he is going on favourably.
Mr. Weston Young, of NewtonCottige, has succeeded
in the arduous task of raising the schooner William Penn
Hughes, master, lost on the English Grounds in the
night of the 21st of January list. -•Fitis is the first vessel
ever known-to have been taken up front that part of the
Channel, where the strength of the tide is such as to
render any undertaking of the kind very difficult and
dangerous. Much !nuke is due to Capt. Hughes, for
his steady perserverance in giving every assistance in hi,
power.
The following is an account of the increase of
duty paid by the different tire-offices in London, in
the year 1819:—
County £2,42l 13' 2 Hope
Globe 1,541 4 n Hand-in-Hand 39t1
Atlas
Union 1,167 9 1 I Aiumri
Royal :iii:cliange 928 IS 91