The National Register.
London, England, 1822-01-21 00:00:00

CORONZR'S INQUESTS., DUELS.—A duel was fought in Dublin, on Saturda
On Wednesday afternoon, pursuant to adjournment, last, at three o'clock in the afternoon, between Mr•
an inquest was resumed at the Barley-mow, Mount- O'Meara, Oil the half-pay establishment, attended by
street, Grosvenor-square, before A. Gell, Esq. coroner, Nit. Crooke, also of the half-pay, and Mr M'Luughliu,
on the body of a female infant that was fun id Homing of the Treasury, attended by Mr. Bayley. On the
on the Basin, Hyde Park. second fire both shots took effect. Mr. O'Meara was
A woman at M iribormigh-street, was charged on struck on the side, bin the rib bone offered sufficient
suspicion of having disposed of her child under suspicious resistance to prevent it front entering the body. The
circumstances.—Clements, the officer, received instruc- would is severe, however. Mr. M'Lotighlitt was less
Lions to make every inquiry, iii the hope of ascertaining fortunate. The ball of his antagonist entered a little
how the child was disposed or,—and, hearing that a below his hipbone, and has not been extracted. NVe
child answering the description of the prisoner's had state, with much regret, that the wound is considered
been found in the Basin, in Hyde Park, he alentled the dangerous. He is attended by the Surgeon-General and
inquest on Tuesday night, allj cause(' an adjournment, Surgeon Kerin. Mr. O'Mrana is attended by Surgeon
for the attendance of material witnesses, who were then Roney. It is a lamentable circumstance, that tnis is the
absent, it being strongly suspected that Me deceased was third duel fought during the last week, arising from the
the prisoner's child. same original cause of quarrel. The first was 011 'r ues-
Nathaniel Ellis, of the Engitte.house, Hyde Park, day, in the Phasing-park, between the same principals.
was the only witness examined ;as it was his usual Alter exchanging shots at fifteen paces' distance, the
custom he went to ex 'mine the Basin in Hyde Park on parties and their friends quitted the ground without any
Monday night, when he found the body of the deceased adjustment having taken place. At the moment of
Boating therein ; it was wrapped tip in flannel ; there I quahog the ground, souse altercation arose, which pro-
' were no marks of violence on its person, and lie took it duced a meeting on Thursday afternoon, in a field ad-
to the win knonse. joining Lord Charlemones demesne, between Mr.
After the adjournment Clements returned to the office, I O'Meara and Mr. Clarke, also on the half-pay, who,
Marlborough-street, and the prisoner underwent a second acted as the secitud of Mr. Nl'Lotighliti its the former
examination before Mr. Conant, she being i,morant of I case, when, on a discharge of shots at ten paces, Mr.
a child having been found. Oil being furtherquestioned, O'Meara firing in the air, the affair was amicably ad-
she stated to the magistra:e that she would tell the truth. jiisted. The third duel was fought on the same place,
On leaving Mr. Huntley's lodgings, its consequence of I between the original principals, with the unfortunate
not being able to piy her rent, site was under tile tieces- I result already stated. log stood at the distance of 12
sity to wander all toe night about the streets. She sat paces. The same gentleman was second to Mr. O'Meara
down on the step of a door, nearly tarnished, when her i•I the three duels.
child died in her arms. She knew not what to do with PEDESTRIAWISK.—A match of 12 miles for SO guineas
it, until site at length determined on laying it
near the was run out Friday morning over a mile piece of ground.
gate at Hyde Park Corner, that some o,w might welt it at Honing, near Citerisey, and it was a fine treat to the
up. Site laid it down and remained at a short th,tance spectators. The contemporaries were a Capt. Griffiths,
from the spot, and she saw a :,ientleinan pick up the and a gentleman of the name of Barrington.—Each two
child, on which site fainted away it the street. Mr. miles were performed as follows:
Conant informed her, that a child had been hound in the N. 111, N. 5.
basin. The prisoner answered—" Sae had tint thrown First 2 Griffiths did in I I 2 Barrington
it in the water." The officer attentltd and stated the Second do.
above facts to the Jury. Third do l3 4 Ditto
Mr. J. Howsitip, surgeon, stated the deceased to he Fourth do.
three weeks old, and was perhays dead three or four days; Filth 11° l3 SO Ditto l3 32
he would not state whettier the deceased had been dimwit Sixth do
into the water when alive or death, nor could lie trace
the cause oh death 'lliere were no marks of violence nu
the person. A flannel wit ch was wrapped round the
deceased resembled one which the deceased used to
wear. Mr. Hurley, who kuew the child, was not in
attendance.
The Jury returned a verdict of " Found dead in the
Basin, tau Hyde Park."
On Thursday afternoon another inquest was taken at
the Brit:mina, Gulden-lair, Barbican, before Tnoin as
Esq. coroner lin London and Southwark, nit
the hotly of Charles S.eplien Hickson, a tine nil, mily
three years old, smi to Mr. Hickson, corner, of Golden.
lair. Tue deceased havitig got hold of 4 bOlde COIIIIIIII-
- snow sulphuric acid, umortutiately swallowed great
part of the contents.
Mr. Gower, surgeon, of 35, Chiswell-street, said he
attended the deceased shortly after the accident had oc-
curred ; opened the body after death, and found the
stomach, throat, and other parts much inflamed and cor-
roded. lie was intormed, that from what remained in
the phial, the deceased must have drank about an ounce,
but half a drachm would produce death.
V erdict—" That the deceased (.121111e to his death from
his having accidentally drunk sulphuric acid."
DREADFUL Accr Dr:ar.—On Thursday night at seven
o'clock, au Inquest was held at the Crown, Duke's-
court, St Martin's lane, before T. Higgs, Esq. coroner,
on the body of Elizabeth Branch, 45 years of age, house-
keet,er in the employ of John Hearne Tremayne, Esq.
of New-street, Spritig-gardeos, who came to her
death under the folloWlllg CliClllllslUOCcb :
George Beckham, of No. 14, New-street, Spring-
gardens, stated, tit it on Weduesday, about our o'clock,
his fellow snvatet. culled him out of his master's house,
his cousequence of a body of smoke issuing (min the
upper part of Mr. Tremayne's house. 'rite Lundy were
I out of to.vii, anti the deceased hail been taking care of
the house; and wittiest being aware that there was no
*lie rise in the house, suspected there was a fise, and
endeavoured to gain admission into the premises, but
could receive no answer. The shooters were closed,
which was slot usual, and lie alarmed the pt nsuns 111 the
mitt house; lie then proceeded to the root of the house;
the place was very hot ; tne garret 0111110 W wis fastened
anti he broke iii the glass, when the flames rushed ;
by this time the Kamm engine had armed, and the
flames had considerably increased ; the houses adjoining
were itt a dangerous state ; about two o'clock h.: heard
that the body of the deceased was itiond, and on going
up stairs lie saw her lying at the side of the bed, burnt
almost to a cinder; there was a lamp lying near the
deceased, out the cotton was not all burnt out ; the fur-
niture slid tipper purr of the house were completely
destroyed. Tne litatise appeared to lie ni remlitiess for
the reception of the fatuity, and witness did not conce.ve
that thieves had been in the house ;on aeareiling notimig
was missing.
The Jury returned a verdict of—" Accidentally burn.
to death."

Hour I I 6 52 I Hour I 16
It was one of the closest matches that has taken place
for years, by about sixty yards, gained chiefly by strength
in the last half mile. Sir. Barrington was backed at
even at starting, but it was 2 to I against him after
doing the second mile.

Riot at Fronse.—A few days a:to the master ery hien-
of Frome reduced the wages of the weavers from 1.5 d.
to 134. per yard ; this caused a cuthiderable agitation,
all the men uumrtliately refused to work, and assembled
in the streets in so titinulttioris a manner, that the ma-
gistrates, very properly, caused all public-houses to be
closed. The uteri, however, in a day or two again re-
turned to their work, and nothing serious occurred.—
The knowledge of this was soon circulated among the
weavers in Trowbridge, and the adjacent manufacturing
places ; and, oat Saturday, the town of Fronie was coos.-
pletely filled with weavers from all the surrounding
country, who came with the intention to deter those or
Floine from peaceably pursuing their employ at the re-
duced prices. This tinateisse concourse of people con-
tinued to crowd the streets of the town until about three
o'clock in the afternoon, when Ilse Riot Act was read,
and some few of uteru soon departed. The town was
still, however, crowded at the tune our informant left
at four o'clock, attd die magistrates had just ordered the
public-houses to he closed, fearing the consequences
which might ensue. in case the populace should become
inebriated. The following extract is fr a coin' tttttt
cation of our Entine correspondent. dated Saturilsy even-
me, six o'clock :—" Acts of violence were prevented by
the timely interference of that worthy magistrate, the
Earl of Cork, who was as usual at his pm, and by a
suitable address to the deluded 111C11, ill which, in the
mildest manner, he expressed his determination to keep
the peace and put the laws in force, tney left the town.
dial returned to their respective homes ; it is but justice
to add, that there appeared no disposition in t_le tow n
weavers to join them, or to sanction urea prueee<lihes.
We think it should be pat►icularly impressed upon the
minds of this useful class of society, uta: to get any
arkvatice redressed, is not by breakimf the laws of their
country, which triatik 'jail, are at tons tune sufficient to
protect all Classes."
SUItRISTSESSIONS.-TIICCOIIrI were occupied, durisig
the forenoon of Friday, tit hearing parish a;ipeals.
Case Of Ilford v. Lattptrd was argued at considerable
lett:tilt by Mr. Torun', for the resimuidents, and Mr.
Heath, for the appellants. L was a case of cotis'flerable
interest to parishes, and °tie out which the Judges of the
Conn of were divided in opinion, Anil hail
reterred back to the Sessions for a re-hearing. The go. a-
non was, whether loving a servain. at monthly wages was
a general hiring. that entitled the pauper to a settlement
ii the parish where site had sertril oit such luring fur
tiimarda ofa twelveitiotith.—The Court constiLed for a.
considerable now, and at length decided, by a w tjority
itione vo.ce toile, that Ill;itig by the 111011th nits 4 good
service, that cutitivd the pauper to tier settlettieut at
Wool.

The great increase of houses of ill-fame, and of
prostitutes parading our streets, have induced the
committee of the corporation, to whom it was re-
ferred upon the petition of .2000 respectable inha-
bitant houselichlers, to consider the subjmt, to turn
their attention to the practicability of introducing a
bill in Parliament to facilitate their conviction by
some more summary mode of proceeding than the
present laws ath4rd ; for which purpose they are
about to confer with his Majesty': law-oftizers, to
obtain their sanction to a measure so highly de-
sirabile to every well-wisher to the murals of the
rising generation.,

A remarkable occurrence took pi ce a short time
ago at the ()Wield Culltuy, Siatiordshire : happening
in the night of Sunday., none of the men were at work,
nor ally Freon near the place. exc,nt a young Mall at-
tending the engine to work the pomp, who at that time
h had down by the boiler, and was :tsleem About two
o'clock in the morning, a tfailirsolOUevllitOOOll of the
liyilrogan sat in.ik ',Lee in the pit tiniersicatit, winch
agitated Ntr cam' to the surface so as 10 cause tIIC Wan
to roll ostr ; it shook the iithabiseti Lb 11l utrtr t1V416 at
Wine th-tinice, creating a lea. Mitt Iht:11 11.161601011 r
would tall uu thew. liail at hap lIU any otl.et
u•ght most likell the lit es of many ul the pour ckilltate.
would haw:: Ulm a 3acr,ii:e.

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