The National Register.
London, England, 1814-12-04 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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Lood, wrapped in a small parcel, which she said were duplicates, and
' as she was about to leave her place on the next Saturday, her mistress
would prob“hly search her box, and she did not wish her to know she
wit io posses,ion of duplicates. The pri!.uner borrowed eighteen-penc,
of the shoemaker the next day, and by way of security h r looked into
the 1,.-)rcel, when he discovered the 101. note. The I...cts were clearly
proved, and the prisoner was, found guilty.

Friday Cornelius Crawley was indicted for the wilful murder of
George Dixon, on the ‘4oili of August.
The pi isoner, it appeared, cohabited with a woman of the name
of Hall, and they had lodgings at the house of Mrs. }Civic, Vine-
street, Chandos %tie( t. The deceased picked up this woman in the
street, and accompanied her home. Crawl( y came to it the time,
and according to the evidence of Hall, a scuffle ensued, and the
poker which was broken in two places, was used by each. The
consequence was, the fracture of Dixon's skull, and he died some time
alter. It appeared, that the prisoner desired the deceased to
leave the hoti,e, Inch he refused to do, when Crawley struck him.
Dixon defended himself with the poker. The Jury acquitted the
prisoner of the murder, but found him wily of manslaughter.

chimney glasses, three pier gla,ties and others, of the valth-, it is sup-
posed, of between three and four hundred pounds. Th-y had been
taken down in a neat and workman-like manner, not any violence having
been used, or any traces as to how the robbers entered the house. though
;here must have been several to carry away glasses of uncommon size.
It is supposed they were carried off about four o'clock on Monday morn-
ine, as at that time the porter at Warren's Hotel, which is opposite to
the house, was sitting up for a gentleman of the name of Douglas,
heard the noise of a carriage, and went to the door, expecting it was
Mr. D. when he saw a long cart or caravan, with a siogle iron-erey
horse, waiting. Mr. Richold, tiie prorietor was awei,e at the time,
and heard a knocking in the house. Mr. Sweegwash, of St Albin's-
street, whose house is at the back, also heard Omni. Messrs. France
and Balding hose offered a reward to discover the cart or caravan and
driver, but have net yet succeeded. The patrols was not on his duty
that night.
Between seven and eight o'clock on Sunday evening, the house of an
Irishman named Smith, Bowling-green-lane, Cow Cross, was broke
(Teo during the absence of the family, and robbed of property to the
amount of between sixty and seventy pounds. A young woman resi-
ding at the opposite door saw a man come out of Smith's house, abut
right o'clock, with a large handle, and on hearing of the robbery, she
disctibed the person so minutely, that Smith went to Hattori-garden
Police-office, where he described the man to Brown,Cook, and Thisleton,
and they immediately suspected who the thief was. Knowing the
different places he frequented, they were on the look-out for him. In
the mean time, however,-Smith, on passing the window of the Turk's
Head public-house, in Cow Cross, saw the suspected thief through the
window, sitting in the tap-room ; and to make sure of the matter, he
went to the young woman who had seen the man come out of his house
With the bundle, and brought her to the window, when she said she
could swear positively to him. Smith then very cunningly went in,
and•thus addressed the man :—" You thief, you robber, you broke into
my house and robbed me—l will have you hanged—l am now going
for the police officers to take you up—take care and wait there till
I come back." It is needless to add, that on his coming back with the
officers, the bird was flown.—This is literally true.

Friday an Inquest wes held at the Wheat Sheaf Public-house, in
Upper Marylebone-street, en the body of William Taylor, a hackney-
coachman, who was found dead in his bed at three o'clock on Thursday
morning. It appeared he drank a.great quantity °I liquor on the pre-
ceding day, but went to bed apparently in a good state of health ; in
consequence of which it was deemed proper by Mr. Payne, surgeon in
that vicinity, to open the body. Ha found the stomach very much
inflamed, which he said might be occasioned by taking too much raw
liquors ; and in the contents of the stomach was a.quantity of laudanum,
on anilizing which he could not ascertain whether it was a quantity
sufficient to occasion death.—Verdict—Died through taking too muck
laudanum.

On Thursday last, a man, calling himself John Brown, applie►i
for admission into the hospital, Birmingham, who had been rectutly
shot in the face and side, its he stated, by two footpads in the
neighbourhood of Yarmouth, and who robbed him of 651 His
person answering the description of the man who broke into the
house of Miss Broderick, London, and was shot by her butler, in-
formation was given to the police officers, and he was on Saturday
conveyed for security, to the prison in Moor-street A discharge
from the navy, which was found in his pocket, has led to the dis-
covery of his real frame (Joseph King) and he has since acknow-
ledged himself to be the person who attempted the robbery in Miss
13.'s house. _ _

OtTnn•Es IN IRELAND,—Last week, the plough-holder of Robert
Shaw, Esq. Friar's town, ►►ear Dublin, was assaulted by a number of
fellows in the neighbourhood. lie determined to lodge examinations
against some whom he knew, which having transpired, anonymous let-
ters were addressed to him, threatening him with de►truction if l►e car-
ried his intention into effect. He left home to give information to a
magistrate, but has not since been heard of ; his cravat has been found,
stained with blood. Three men have already been committed to prison
on suspicion.—Last week seven men entered the house of Mr. Curtis,
near Roscrea. One was disguised, and said to be the son of the shep-
herd. They placed one of their party at the avenue gate, with a blun-
derbuss. A serjcant's party of the 6th Garriion Battalion, on their re-
turn to Nenagh, perceiving this man with a blunderhu•s, made towards
him, and seeing him run up the avenue, followed him into Mr. Curtiss,
and entered with him nearly at the same instant. They met the gang
in the hall, with every article in the house packed up, ready for re-
moval. All the robbers were taken, and lodged in the gaol of Roscrea.
Mr. Curtis was in Dublin at the time : but his son and family retired to
the attic story, end locked themselves up when they tbund the house
entered.