The National Register.
London, England, 1815-01-29 00:00:00

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blood—lre turned away horror.strnek. Ile made the circumstanee
known to his master, who sent for Mr. Barrow, a surgeon. Dr.
flodgson, Mr. Barrow, and several of the domestics prusteelo t
the hayloft. The deceased was quite dead, with her throat eta.'
from ear to ear, and an open razor was lying by her side. and at her
feet was the body of a new born male infant, also dead, wills a silk
handkerchief tied round its neck, and the body wrapped up in a
hay-baiul. No particular act of insanity, on•the part of the de-
ceased. were laid before the Jolty ; but it appeared that her havi.pg
the razor in her possession might be accounted for, as it was ntees-
sary for a woman to have a sharp instrument for the purpose of
Je livery ; that she might so have it without any idea of committing
snirule ; and that hr r pains, and the want of proper assistance at
the time, migh, bring on a momentary derangement. On the body
of the infant there appeared no pal Ocular marks of violence;' and
the Jury were led to slippo,c that the cause of the handkerchief
being tied round the child's neck was for the purpose of dslivering
herself. The inquiry was lung and minute from the stations reporter
in circulation; at length the Jury. under the direction of the Co-
rosier, returned a verdict of Lunacy.—They gave a verdict of found
Dead, on the body of the child. The deceased was thirty six years
of age, and had lived between seven and eight years in the family.
A dreadful accident happened at Tostock, Snlioikr on Friday se'e-
night :---A rime,- hut honest and industrious little lariat r. by the name
of John Ifowlett, in the parish of Norton, had occasion to go to Tos.
lock that morning upon business, when he took his gun with him to
frighten sonic rooks of his turnips; he called at n cottage, upon en.
teeing •I'ostock, to leave kis guts until he should rc urn, and upon
placing tile bat-end down a puss the ground, the muzzle being under
his arm•pit, the gun directly went off, penetrating through hi:shoulder,
near tr. his neck, and
,lodged nearly the whole contents its the balk
and ceiling of the room. Great hopes are entertained of his life.
John Ireland, of Colnbrook, a character well known, of great pre.
tended skill in the events of futurity, and a professed fortuneteller,
was drowned on Friday night, the lath instant, at Polito r. near Ux-
bridge. lie had been spending the evening at the 131.ick Horse, arid
telling the fortunes of some of company ; het, alas ! he could not
tell his own. On going toward% his lodging, lie turned out of the di-
rect path, and tell into a ditch, wlse-e he was fano(' drowned, with
his prognosticating cards floating on the surface A Coroner's Inquest
was held on the body on Monday last. Verdict—Accidentally
drowned.

A man of the name of Divies, who states himself to be a Prussian
Jew, has been committed to Chester castle, for having in his possesijou
certain forged notes, purporting to be of the Bank of F.sicland, and
uttering the same.. It appears that Davies caper Irmo Manchester in
couspany with a woman of the name of Heald, who conducted him ti
the h iuse of a female named Mary Morrell, in the Water Cotes, in
Macclesfield, on the Gth inst., to whom lie gave one of the forged
notes in order to obtain change. On the note being presented to Mr.
Guosetrev, landlord ut the Nag's Head, Water Cotes, he instantly
di.eovered it to be a spurious one, and questioned her respecting it
she replied, " a person
,goe.g I..ivcrpool had desired her to obtain
chaoge for it." Mr. Goosetre immediately (in compiiny with another
person) followed her home; seized Davit, and delivered him into the
hands of a constable; who, on searching him. found ere% en mate% of
the same fabrication, together wirh two g•md notes. The prisoner or;
his examination made an unp,•rtant communication to the Magistrates,
which occasioned the apprehension of A person of the name of Lazarug.
at Derby, upon whom were found 224 notes of the slnie description.
Lazarus isas the person (ruin whom Davies obtained them.

On Mondav evening las!, about right o'clock, ns G. Gottee, servant
to Mr. 1 o lr, of Tot ham liall, E►sex, was on his way to MaWinn, he
was stopped in !fey bridge parish by twe men, one of whom caught hula
of his horse's bridle, and the other knocked him off the horse. They
then demanded his money, which he 'refusing, one held him down.
while the other rifled his pockets4taking 6s. 6.1. which was 611 he
had. One of the thieves threAtened his life, but the accomplice pre-
vailed on hint to desist. The poor man was thee► suffered to mount hir
horse, after receiving a blow with a knife which penetrated through his
clothes, without hurting bins. On going. one of them demanded if he
knew them? lie replied, '• Yes, I have marked you %sell enough,"
when instantly a pistol was fired at him, the ball from which entered
one side of the crown of his bat, fortunately without injuring him.
On the skcharge of the pistol his mare ran away with him, and he es-
caped without further molestation.

EXTRAOaDINARY Feceivourv.—Last week n heifer, aged only 21
mouths,. the property of Mr. Thomas Sturges, jun. ut Longbridge-De-
verell, Wilts, brought forth four hull calves and one cow c lf, each
weighing 24Ibs. The calves are ull dead, but the cow is in perfect
health.