The National Register.
London, England, 1808-04-25 00:00:00

NATIONAL REGISTER.

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SU ICI D ES.
The month of April has proved more fatal than any other
month within our recullection. No less than four persons put
an cod to their existence last week at Deptford, one of them
the wife of a publican, cut her throat ; and on Tuesday morning
a respectable tradesman on Holborn-bridge shot himself.
Sunday moruing last the inhabitants of Islington were much
agitated, in cousequence of the body of a respectable-looking
man being found in the fields, near Copenhagen-honse,'supposed
to be murdered. The deceased ,was conveyed to Wagtail
Church-yard to be owned, and the Parish Officers were exerting
themselves to find out the murder; but, on examining the spot
where the unfortunate man was found, as well as the field ad.
joining, they had every reason to suppose that he Lad in-
dicted the mortal wound in his throat, with a knife, which was
found near him, and that he got over a bank and stile into the
next field, where, from the loss of blood, he fell and expired- •
About noon the body was owned, and the deceased proves to be
Mr. Mcnizice, a furrier, in a respectable line of business in the
city, who, we understand, had unsuccessfully applied to some of
his creditors for pecuniary indulgence. A Coroner's Inquest
was held on the body on Wednesday last, when the evidence
tended to corroborate, that the deceased had died by his owe
hands, labouring under fmnac:i.
Stephen bailey, of Ifigham, on returning home from labour
last week, fi;und his wife suspended from an iron hook over
the fire; all her clothes were in a blaze, and she burnt in a most
shockinl-Mamier. lic had given her money to pay some debts
in the place, which having applied to other purposes, she took
the fatal revolution of destro)ing; herself in this dreadful manner.•
A foreigner who has resided in this country many years, and
who had acquired considerable reputation as an artist, yesterday
put a period to his existence by shooting himself with a horse
pistol. The hail entered his left ear, and passed through the
top part of .he head, which, however, did not cause immediate
death—he languished more than half an hour after having com-
mitted he rasa act.

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ACCIDENT, &C. . . .
Tuesday a servaut maid in St. James's Park, entrusted wits
the tare of two childreu, incautiously suffered a little boy te
ride upon the back of one of the seats, when a cloud of dust sud-
&oily blowing in the child's face, he loosed his hold to rub his
eyes, and falling backwards, pitched upon his head, and free-
tured his skull. This is a very common way of amusing chil-
dren in the Park, and it is to be hoped the above accident will
prevent it in future.
Pica POCK rlTS.—One Saturday se'nnight, about 1a o'clock.
as Lieut. Kelly, of his Majesty's ship the Triumph, was passing
along Holborn, he was surrounded by one of those daring gunge
of pickpockets, who still infest the streets of Loudon, and rob-
bed him of his pocket-book, containing Bank Notes to the
arnaunt of 450 f. and naval papers of considerable importance.
It is supposed the villains effected the robbery in the following
mnuner:.---7Qne of them trod upon his heel, and on his turuing
about, appeared .very politely to beg his pardon; while this
p,etelided Apology was making, it caused I.ieut. Kelly to stop a
little, and he foond himself surrounded try four or five men, and
soon after missed his pocket-book. The papers it contained cosh
sisted of the testimonials from the different Admirals he had
served under, letters of recommendation, his commission, and,
other papers of importance. Ile has been in a very low des-
ponding way ever since, in consequence of the robbery.
BIRTHS.
InWelbeck-rtreet, the Lady of Roger K vuaston,Esq. of a sort.
Berkeley-square, the Lady of T. B. Lethbridge, Esq. M. P.
of a daughter.
;WARBLED.
On Tuesday, the 19th inst. at Aske, in Yorkshire, the Rev.
William Wharton, to the Hon. Miss Hondas, daughter of Lord
Hondas.
On the I.6th instnnt, at Kneesworth Hall, the seat of Sir
Charles Nightingale, Bart. James Murkland, Esq. of the 6.id
Regiment, to Miss Nightingale, eldest daughter of the late Sir
Edward Nightingale, Bart.
DIED.

On Friday evening, in the 80th year of his age, the respectable
Mr. Hull, late of Covent-Garden Theatre. lie was the Father
,of the Stage, Hod the founder of that institution which provides
subsistence or decayed Actors and Actress's. The Principals
of the Theatrical Fuud, sae understand, have requested pormis-
tion to bear the expelices his funeral.
At Stone/100"w, Nit., IsahellaLangtau,daughterofthe Coutdcz•lt
ofitu!!;e:.