The National Register.
London, England, 1818-03-23 00:00:00

DIA.SLBOROUUR STREET.

Casson, a Frenchman, was charged with attaching
the Rev. G. Matthias, belonging to Spanish-place Chapel.—
The following is Mr. M.'s statement .--On Sunday morning,
about eight o'clock, as he was standing at the altar, is the
act of blessing the palm, he heard a noise. tin. turning his
head round, he beheld the prisoner attempting.to get •over
the communiou rails, with amaked sword. He attempted to
snake a thrust at him, upon ohich lie ran into. the sacristy.-1-
The prisoner followed him closely, and prevented him .trom
shutting the door. In this .posture he made a thrust at
which ran tlignagli..his vestincnt, entered the palm of his
Jaand, and from thence to the elbow. Witness then seised the
sword with both bards, and the prisoner pulled it through
.and cut his fingers. Jo a few tiii.austes the congregation burst
la, the duar, Itotind the priAmer, :buil tuck the sword front him.
J. Crowley, of 22, liita•btruct, Gro-vewir-square, *wed, that
lie MIN in the body of the Chapel wlieti the prisoner (Wile in.
The belt and scabbard of thesswurd %self: thrown across his
shoulder, and the blade lie .carrictl erect in his tight hand.—
lie made twarils the Priest.;.aws! when lie gut over the rails,
struck at him, and witness insuudy ran into the sacristy. The
prisoner .was. r.triking at Mr. 3latilliass but on his approach,
lilt his (witites:;'s) hand with the sword, and gave him several
kicks. Witness .eicetl I by the throat, and by one elfort
brought him to the ground ; when be took the weapon oaf of
hand, and i:eld hint in his grasp until lie received. assts.
-.ince. Mr. Wilkes, a bookseller, of Foley-street. confirmed
hbi &position. 0. Eishop4Esq. of ocotge-streetgrOrtiftio.

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quarc, was called to attend Mr. Matthias; lie found him
tinder the care of a young Surgeon, who was in the Chapel
at the time of the outrage. On examining his hands he found
them' desperately cut, and several of the sinews laid open ; he
administered every remedy. The Beadle produced the snort!.
It appealed fri-,11 gruut:(l, and near fear feet long. 'flue pri_. saner in hi,. defence, said, that lte had been excommunicated
by the Clergy for being insane, and considered !shim.lf spiritu-
ally twoirtlei ed. [Under such circumstances he could not
enter any other Chapel, and he thought himself justified in
killing Mr. Matthias' Ile epolse. in a rational manner. Mr.
Matthias denied that he had heels excommunicated, hut
admitted that he had been refused the Sacrament, on account
of his coming intoxicated. ,Mr. It'arrant ordered him to he re-
manded until &aster Moutl.q. • 4Mr. Mattiii.as was. unable to
sign his name.

• LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY, MARCH 17.

THE PRINCESS OF WAI.EIi V. THE EXECUTORS OF TUE DIAZ

or artuNswinc.

11-e Lord Chancellor shortl!: Liter he entered the Court,
state.:, that he had the affidavit vine!' had been handed up to
him on Saturday by the learned Counsel for the Al efendants.
It was enough at present to say, that in his opinkn that affi-
davit laid a sufficient ground ter the production of the bistro •
ments son, ~ht for. The defendants lie cenroiied, had a right
to say, after having put in this affidavit, " We ate not obliged
to put in nue answer to .11:abill until these documents. are
produced." With regardao,the request of the plaintiff for
further time previous to this production of the instruments, as
far as regarded the importance of the affidavit, his Lordship
had no objection to its being granted, with the understanding
that the defendants should have an inspection of the insti:.
ments alluded to previous to filingen answer to the bill. As
to the motion for time on the part of the defendant, he had
no olticetion to that either.

Hominy asked to what motion his Lordahip aUnded?
The Lord Chancellor replied, that the motionsh.z meant was
that of the defendants, fur a fortnight's time after the pro-
doction.of the instruments.

Sir S. Hominy observed, that the order was imperative to
produce the ihstrnments, but it was not the intention of his
Lordship to compel the immediate production of them.
Time Lord Chancellor.—Certabily not, Sir Samuel. I did
not mean that any specific time should be fixed for the pro-
duction of the instruments. All that I wish is this—that the
defendants, after they had an opportunity to inspect the docu-
ments, should have ',fortnight's tiuse.allowed them ,preiuus
to filing their answer.

Cti6Tlllll ADVTILTISEEEN'T.-.4 MIA the Whitehall Evening
ANI, April IL. 1725

" In a few days (if God permits) will sett out for the Bath. *large
Commodious Waggon, which will conveniently hold sti persons, and
there being hut six places vet taken, such :ea:l:persons as are willing
to take the advantage of this conveyance. are desired speedily to send
their names to Robert Knight. Waggoner, at the Three Crowns, in
Arlington Street. The said Waggon Inns ut the Kieg's Head, mar
the King's Bath, at Bath.
" N.B. This invention is of the mule nature of Mr. Green's Car-
riage to Scotland, but much improved, as containing three. nuees
the number of passengers."
Otti.A.ort7L.AcCtuErvr.—On Tuesday, betweer• one and two,
as Mr. hider, jt.n. of Swallow-street, was driving a spirited harts in
a break down the Haymarket, the annual tookftight, it is supposed,
at some of the iron work of the vehicle, which, having beqime,i,x,,,c,
made a loud rattling noise, and he immediately bcgau kicking and
plunging in a crest violent manner. The shaft; cif the carriage was
almost instantly broken, and Mr. Elder and bis servant thrown on
the pavement. The horse finding himself disencumbered of „the
velskle, and terrified with the broken shafts, still hanging by his sides
among the harness, dashed on the foot pavement. where he cause in
eentaet with. Mr. Hill Dailey. a notorious gambler, of Ilyderstrect,
oho shocking to relate, was thrown down, and so nine': injured, that
he expired in a few.n.inutes. The unfortunate man wa, iminediately
earned into the shop of Mr. Ilud-staa, chytnist, near the end of Pan-
ton-street, and was bled ; but tuts late ' • he merely requested to be
" raked up a little," and almost instantly expired. Mr. Elder was
carried into the shop of Mr, flastiags, near the theatre ; and having
received every nemsary assistance, was afterwards conveyed home in
a coach, and is not considered to be in a dangerous state. Alter Mx.
Harley wee thrown down, the horse still continued his course down
the foot-path, thrineing down several perAßts in his way, and though
maay.attempted to stop him, it was found impracticable, till, passing
over to the opposite pavement in Cockspur.street, he fell, partly
within the shop-door of Messrs. Date and Starke. and he was then
stax.reel. Mr. -Harley had lett his apartments in Ryder-street, St.
James's-square, only a few juinutes before this asrful catastrophe.—
Theinnuy which isessed his death was a empress:on of the.skall
upon the drain, the back part of his head having fallen on the comer
cf die area coping stone belonging to Mr. Godfrey's house, the ham:,
few doors above Pantumstreet.—An inquest sa(,on Wednesday, in
the course of which it appeared, that the daughter of the decensed
had been seriously hurt, and that Mr. Eider is,aangerously ill. TM
Jury brought in a verdict of Accidental Death; but, as the driving
of a break m the streets is an offence against the very useful Act of
Parliament (lately passed through the exertions of , Mr. NI,A. 'ray-
lot), a deodand of 11. was recorded en the horse and .curt; a puralty
of•sos, has also been incurred under the Act.
The whole of the eaOtal convicts at ‘Voreester. were re-
priescil. • Shortly after the termination of the. trial of the
rioters,. M iustice Burrough stepped into his cierriage, on
1114 way to Stafford, where he opened the commissional:: Wed-
nesday evening. It has been slated tit us asst fart, tliat the
populace,ies their unbounded joy for the erauce of their
rellow-tow.usinest (indicted fur rioting on Pitcherott-item) on
;his entering leis carriage, absolutely nttetuptau! to draw the
judgeic triumph through the city I hitt his lordship instantly
sailed is the aid of the Sheriff's daveteei-ineu. mud Wteateued
to commit the ringleaders.—Gfue,wter JT.O';:4I.
ANOTHER NIURIDER.—About a week ago, at midnight, as
a limo named Henry Gill, employed as a waggoner by Ali.
Glover of Mitcham, was passing aver Mitcham (Amnon, with
a waggon loaded with tiller casks of tobacco, I/1111/s WAY to
London. he was attacked by two men, who knocked Lint
down before lie had lime to put himself on the detensive ;
white he was on the ground they heat and kicked him until lie
reacts iliacosible. and, as they supposed, dead, wee.. it they rob-
teed hem of all the money he had about his person, :tenoned.
itig to only eight aleillings. The villains expected to find a
booty in Ike waggon, but they were deceived ; the casks of
' tooacco vicre not sufficient!' purnsble for their, purpose.
They decamped .with .the paltry ,smn, leaxing the man for
iva. 4 lie lay oft the; grouted for a cobaiderablc time, when
a auan.eame up, aced seeing his condition, went for assistance,
and they.put the poor fellow in tile waggon, and conveyed
yin, to the Windmill public-house, Cluplenrm lie ling, red
la great pity tuna SusOay 'lkea he died,