The National Register.
London, England, 1814-11-27 00:00:00

CIDENTS AND OFFENCES.

Saturday se'mtight, the Lords of the Council met in the Council
Chainhei, Whito,:all, to hear a chat ge of murder committed beyond
the st as. The person charged eVRY brought from Tothill-fields Bride-
at ell; he is a gentleman in the Commissariat Department, and was
in the army under the Ditlae of Wellington, and lie is charged with
kiloot:ng a female with a pistol, while in Portugal, to prove which
three witnesses were produced, who also stated, that after the pri-
*ouct had shot the female he had cut his (win throat with a razor,
but had recovered from the wound. The defence set up by the pri-
soner was most rotnantic. Ile stated that the deetased cohabited
another gentleman iu the Commissariat Department; that he
and the deceased, after becoming acquainted with each other, had
become towt passionalely and violently attached to c:ich other, but
deceased had so much honour that she caul,l not leave the gen-
ii:an:in she was then 'cohabiting with to live with hint, or eviit to
tnairy him; and as they coital not live together they agreed to kill
caell othcr : they accordingly met for that purpose, ta.l;en he shot
Ler with a pistol, and which he had done so etiecttiaily that she
could not tarot him : Ire therefore attempted to shoot but
the bullet that he had got would not go into the pistol, being too
Pirtle ; hr then put the bullet at the top of his head, and put the
int.zzle pittol on it, supposing* it niii;l,,t atl4,l%er the purpct.e,

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!nit not sneeeedin:: with that, he rot his throat.—The prisoner was

reminded to r;ll;iii.ficithi Bridewen.
Thursday last, the Magistrates of the county of Gloucester, at the
SeAious Room, Lawford's-gate, convicted all the tradesmen but two,
of the parish of Westbury upon-Trim, for having false weights and

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Thursday se'nnigbt, a most serious accident was very nearly hap•
pelting to the celebnated Mrs. Hannah More : in reaching a book in
her library, her shawl caught tire, and before any assistance could.
arrive, great part of her dress was burnt. She is now nearly reco.

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Mei:Dr:rt.—On Saturday selitlis:.!it, a boy of the name of Snell,
only ten years of age, sslio wets kit to take care of the house of Mr.
Wells, Cultic'', of Clanbotough. Nottinghamshire' was num inhunittelv
murdered by a villain named Hempstock, who had lately lived set.
Valli there. The wretch went to the house for the purpose of rob.
bing it, and seeing the lad on his entrance, nearly severed his head
from his body. He then effected his purpose. but was apprehended
in consequence of some enquiries he made at Redford respecting tin'
value of some of the notes he had stolen. lie has been committed to
Nottingham gaol for trial.
The robber, shot by the butler of-the Hon. Miss Broderick, in Gras.
venor-place, on Thursdey se'nnight, is suspected to have gone directly
to Little Britain, without a hat, and but one shoe, and a wounded face
Adkins, the officer, having traced him there, and has since learned that
his name is John William King, an Trish carpenter. He lodged at
the White Horse public-house in Little Britain, where he had not.
slept the night previous, but arri' ed at six in the morning, one hoer
after the butler shot the maw He was admitted by a female, who oh.
served he was without a hat, and tried to hide his face. Ile seat for a
surgeon. saying he had been shot in Lincoln's-Inn fields. The swats
found 30 or 40 shot in his thigh, and extracted five or six, dressed his
wound, and advised him to go to an hospital. Friday morning he left
his lodgings, and has not since been heard of. He has been a carpenter
in the navy. A rcwerd is offered for his apprehension.
Addy, the young man who lately made such a violent attempt on
the life of Miss Bacon, by cutting her throat, and afterwards on his
own life, escaped from Wyberton p-or-house, Lincolnshire, on Wed-
nesday night. Miss Bacon is recovering.
John Bard, the man charged by Ann Radford with the murder of
William linekbill, at Exeter, and who was committed for further ex-
amination, was on Wednesday liberated on bail, the Mayor of that
city having received a letter from Lord Beauchamp (in whose ser-
vice the said Wm. Beckhill has been for several years past), stating
that he is living and attending on Lady Beauchamp, in France. The
improbability of several circumstances in the woman's story had keen
beim e noticed; and there is little doubt the whole will prove to be
the fabrication of a wicked mind.
The Theatre of Breda was destroyed by fire on the Bth Sept. One,
third of the suburbs of Pera, opposite Constantinople, was also des-

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troyed by fire on the sth October.
Mrs. Pulver, a widow lady of Broughton, near Kettering, having
for some time past discovered strong symptoms of melancholy, het
friends were induced to watch her very narrowly, and ultimately ne-
cessitated to use compulsory methods to confine her. On Monthly
sennight, as she was fastened to a chair, fixed to the ground, a spa; k
flew from the fire and caught her clothes ; and her usual attendant
being absent on an errand, she was so dreadfully burnt as to occasiun
her death next day.
A Coroner's Inquest sat on the body of Ann Scott, in Eagle-street.
on Saturday selmight, who had been severely burnt. The cause of
her death, however, was not supposed by the attending Surgeons to
• be the injury she sustained from the burning, but from ink having
been mixed with the oil applied to the wound, and an inordinate
quantity of Godfrey's cordial having been administered to her. Vrr-
diet—Accidental death, by the injudicious use of ink and other nu.
proper articles, as remedies for burning.
Wednesday night, the four horse Brentford coach. loaded with i,t
outride, and six inside passengers, was overturned at Hammersmith,
by running against a waggon : some of the passengers escaped unhurt,
but others were severely bruised, though no limbs were broken.
We are concerned to state, that a serious accident has happened
to the Earl of EF.sex. The Noble Lord was riding on horseback in
Cashioburv-park, on Monday last, at full gallop (carrying his right
foot loosely in the stirrup, in consequence of weakness from a late
sprain), when his feet lost their equipoise, and in conseqw•nee he
was precipitated with great violence to the ground ; by the conens•
sion his head was hurt, and much internal injury was sustained by the
body. His Lordship was carriedin a state of insensibility into tite
mansion, and medical assistance called in. Au express was shortly
li after sent for Sir Henry Halforn. On Thursday his Lordship was
net declared out of danger. . .