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London, England, 1820-09-25 00:00:00

DREADFUL OUTRAGE.

Thursday night, between eight and nine o'clock, as Mr.
Walklin, of Suttun-street, Borough, was walking through
gucen's•plare, Si. George's-fielda, be was alarmed hy loud
limalt shrieks, followed by a confused noise, and the i.ound
of heavy blows. Be listened • sbort time, *till the groans
and the other indications of ♦iolence were rept n.erl. and
having no doubt that foul play was being <mewed. he •p-
-promehed the house whence it promeded,aad kuorkra at the
door. On this there was a ressatiou of the noise; but slid
the door was kept closed, and thine withM refused to admit
any use; but Mr. Welkin', assisted by another, broke it
open and entered. In the parlour they beheld • man mid
woman, who were standing over • !:male form that lay on
the ground, almost drenched in gore; they were each aimed
with some dangerous weapon, sod only seemed to have
here interrupted in their bloody work by the nnexpicted
knock at the dour. Mr. W. lifted Iry up; but whilst he was
bolding lite it: his arms the wont'', struck her across the
side of the head with a pair of tongs, inflicting. deep wound
am' scattering the blood about the floor, and she was cuing
to repeat the blow when a co•stalle fortunately entered, and
then Mr. Welkinn gave charge of her, but the isiln made his
escape. The wounded worsts was yed to St. Thomas's
Hospital, where she lies in a dangerous state. On Fitelay
afternoon the assailant underwent an examination at the
Town-hall, and was maim& d till the situation of the
wounded wumas could be ascertained.

BMW. ISY A PRISONER.

CORONER'S Isszvtire.—A few evenings hack an inquest
was held before Mr. U %tremolo view of the body of a woman
award Reardon, who hong herself whilst in custbdy at St.
Leonard's kValeb-house, Swau-yard, Rishopagate meet.
The deceased was the wife of a labouring moo, residing in
Wood's-buildings, Curtain-roa•I, sod the niudher of several
fine children ; but she was so much addicted to drinkim; DI
to render her f.mily miserable. To gratify her passion for
liquor, she frequently mule away with her husband's sod
children's cliithJs, and even the household fuenduie ; and
when she had no other oceans of raising money, she did
sot stickle at even the commic s ion or theft.

The hu.band, at length, to protect his children Com the
baneful ex4m:ile which their mother was setting hefure them.
allowed her a separate maintenance. She refitted to alltUthts
lodging, übtatued work from • laundress in Ha!ywell lane,
and for some time led • most rxerop:ary hfo, so much 3./,
that her liu.fiand hailed it as an omen of tl.e abtodoninsirt
of those evil habits which had cau►ed an much pato s•d dui_
ties to him and his family, and again took her huniei
on conttdion that she should behave better fur the future..
On Tuesday site returned, and the same eveuitsz. afire
taking her tea, she went out, as it was supposed, to take a
walk; but suon afterwards it was ascertained that she had
been lodged in the watch-house on • charge of felony. It
seems that she had gone to a mangler's to ask far wane tah:t -
cloths which she knew were there, pretending to have
sent by the owner, when a little buy recuguiwd her as the
same woman who, On the precediug Saturday, had obtained
some sheets by a s:milar reprewutation. - She was tAris to
the watch-house and matched, whets 17 dii?lttates of stole-ti
property were found on her; but whilst the officers wise
gone to make inquires respecliug thins, sbe contrived to
hang herself by ber apron-string to use of the bus of bar
cell, in which situatibu she was foetid on their return quite
dead.
The Jury returned a verdict of LOnacy.

The Court.martial on Cup•ain Goucti, Ist 1..1e
Guards, will bike place thia w.ek. The mentotra
forming the saute have been selected Suers the 424
Life Guards will Royal Horse Guards '
011 the Ist of this nuktla the people of Stockholm
saw, fur the list tune. a house itt their city
with oxygen gas. A brewer has the meta of bring
the first to introduce into Stockholm th.s useful
invention.
On jhe night of Wednesday, the 20th instant,
Or early in the following morning, the l,,uish ctsu C I
of Brumley St. Leonard's, in the reality of Wt.,
ditsee, was sarrslegmnsly broken open, aid as.veral
articles stolen theterstrui. Fitly guiLeas rawara;
Luta fox pardon to any accompiscr, ire offered 144
Saturday eight's Gazette, ou eonvictiou of rise Itrr.
son or pers•iiis who committed the above tobiatty.

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OLD BAILEY, SATURDAY, SEPT. 23.
MOST EXTRAORDINARY PROSECUTION.
:Vivien Darter, a young female, elegantly dressed. and
ey:dently of superior mainiers, was isdieted espitallyfir
stealing Si in writes, use guinea, and wearing apparel, the
property of C. Falk; sad some silver spawns the iroperty
of W. Bail, in the hens, of the said W. Ball.
The. Rest wit's'', called fur the prosecution was C. Falai,
the Prosecutor • be wall a well-kauking young man, sad very
suidelly dressed. The moment he mounted the witness
box, the Prissier shrieked Mil, l'Oti, gracious fiud ! is ibis
poutibler and was nearly fainting. She was ordered •
chair. Fah* then, with a degree of flippancy which called
forth the repealed animadversions of the Judge. proceeded
with his evidence. He lived is the boo, of Mr. W. Ran,
No. 2; Little `Union street, Moorfields. The Prisoner had
lived with him about • week previous to the robbery.
They lived a. man sod wife, but he never authorised her to
take the mosey or wearing apparel in questios. He never
said to the people of the house whether she was his Wife or
not. She hired the lodging, and he believed she represented
her,,.:lt to he his wife. She laid out money for provisions,
and he gave her money eyety day, or so, • few shillings •t
a time. He hail known her three mouth (adore she lived
wolf him, sod got acquainted wills her by wrier ler at her
tether'. house, where he'ir is at work fix same days. On
the 24th of June he went out, leaving every thing safely
locked up, sod when he returned in the evening he found
the door of his apartments lucked and the Prisoner gone.—
Ile tot in and roved that all the property mentioned in the
indirtrftesit was gone. He found the Prisoner the next morn.
lag at the Fox and Hound. public.how.e, in Charier-house.
Irene—arid Brown, the Officer, whom he took with him,
searched her, and found pawnbroker,' duplicates for his
utilising clothes. There were one waistcoat, two pair of pan-
taloons, and two coats.
t le Cosaismani Dtrjeant—As you seem fond of indulging in
blander, pc:bsps you had occasion to pledge these things
• Faleh—Oh, no, not at all. Me added, that the Primmer
rave up • pocket book with a U. note and some duplicates,
when she was takes.
Cems-examisied by Mr. Andrews,—Are you a Cockney'—
No ; 1 came from Fatmueth, in Cornwall, three yaws ago.
You got acquainted with the unhappy girl at the bur at
her father's house, did you ?—Yes.
And you had knows her three month. when you seduced
her, and took her to your bed; and now you come to prose-
cote her for her life ?—1 did not sedate her.
Did you not, Sir, promise to make her your wife ?—No.
That was toe much for you it. I', was it, Sir ?-1 never
promised her marriage; it was as much her wish as mine to
come to live with me.
Sherwin.* Goa, Jo.r father'. house, where she was living in
cusnlort mid reioilatois, did she not?—She did, but it was
her wish.
Did you not pass her as your wife '—No ; I sever said one
wair or the other abort it.
‘l'hat are you am a junrneyman carpenter.
How much can you earn %-30 s. a week. I week for a
Sir. Rolfe, a builder. I gave bee mosey every day; l cannot
say that anyone persons eve, saw me give her mosey; 1 sever
pledged soy articles myself"--never in my life.
%Vas it your best coat that this pour girl pawned ?-11's
lint hing to any body whether it was my best COSI or Out.
I Tile Judge reprimanded the 'witness for his flippancy, arid
said the questions were very properly put.]
Was it sot her mosey that enabled you to purchase a
arrund coat to your bark ?—No, it was nut.
Will you swear that?-1 have sworn it.
The witness thew went on to stateolist be had, at the is.
riiirai of the Prises.; visited hoe while in confinement. His
emly object in visiting her was • hope of discovering where
the remainder of his properly was. He never slated to her
t 'eat his object was to get rid of her, and if she would go
cot of his way, she world hear no more of hint or this pro-
verutioft. He would 'wear he wryer said su. He visited her
*lore times in the Giltipur-stmt Cumpter, and once in
Newgate. He paid Its. a week, out of 3lts. for lodgings at
T.-r. Balls. He gave her some moncy,.but did not know
Low much. He was not at all ashamed at taking her away
Coin her father's' house. She enticed him murmur
t fr.. throng& Ike Court.)
Mr. Andrews, in concluding his ernes-examination, used

word "fellow."
Feick—Fellow! do you say'
Mr. Andrews—Yee, Sir, fellow.
The Common fierjeant—find are you really not ashamed
of the conduct you base pursued towards this young we.
rise ?
l'akk—Not at all, my Lord.
The Common Serjeaut—l have seen a great many wit.
stews gel into that box, but I never in my whole life saw
slue whose Impudence and audacity equalled yours.
Mrs. Ball, the Isndlady of the house where the parties
lodged, was called, and identified the spuous pawned by
the Peisouer. They came as • new.married couple; and
the Prisoner told her that she was married without her
father's mascot
Brume, the Officer, said, that when he fuend the Prisoner
lie tuld her she was charged with a felony; and she Inoue-
rStbely said she, would give up every thing she had. After li
this was dune, the Prosecutor desired to hare a private eau.
v-isation with her, which he had. Witness did not kiwi, the
puiret.t of it.
Several pawnbrokers produced the wearing apparel and
the sputm. The Prusecitior, aids a csreless air, ideutifird
Lis coats and trousers. They all appeared to be quite new.
The
.Prisoner being called ow fur her defence, addressed
the Court in treat agitation. The Prosecutor, she said, bad
come to her father's house and got her away from tier home
by the most artful promises mod persuasions. When be
visited her iu prison be promised mthrinuly that Le would
lint indict bee. She said to him, " You know. Charles, Ido
out deserve it—you know you had a share of it"—and be
again declared he would nut indict her; adding, that Ire
would not have proceeded so far, only that " his own cha-
r steer was at stake." • The Prisoner, at the cuisclusiuu uf
her address, was aids nearly f Stag.
A sister of the Prisoner's was called, and slated that the
tatter had lived in comfort stud happiness at her father's
huote until she knew the Prosecutor. Feick bad begged
witness item to assist him is obtaneent access to her sister.
The latter never cummouicated to witness her design of
zoing away with Feick.
A Solicitor, who had known the Prisoner's family many
bars, described it to be extremely resit,. table ; and spoke
to the character which she bail guitarist, Irene before this
i:istressing occurrence. Her father was a housekeeper iu
iii. neighbourhood oldie Court.
The COMMON Ig. _CRJEANT, in summing up the evidence,
rcusaiked with grist severity-on the conduct of the Prose.
valor, Flack, and told tbe Jury, ill it if the case rested solely
oil the tvickeice of that person, they ought to acquit the Pri-
soner. A map who could come there, and with as uubludr-
ing comae...suet relate what lie had dose that night, was, is
his opinion, unworthy 01. credit; and he must say, if they
had only his math to decide upon, that he never saw a wit-
ness 4)1.1 whom hie would less rely. They had it is evidence
that the Prisoner was living happily with her father; that
she was seduced by the Proorcutur, and ear now brought to
this unhappy situation by his artifices.
The Jury
dict uf Not Guilty; wheels ass reanimated with strung ens •
shish. by the Foreman, sod received with applause by the
whisk Coact.
'fbe.Pristruer, with tut hysterical sot., said, " Oh, Gentle-
m's, I thank you!" and was borne out of Court.
Falch asked if he might take his cl•thea.
'rhos Common Serjeant said, be was eertaisly entitled to
then.; but, is his opinion, the Jury had,. by their verdict,
expressed au opiates that they were pawaed with his ces-
seat, and therefore the pawnbrokers would perhaps demand
lie payment of the alien &demand upon them. He (the
Comeaou Serjeant) should revtainly sot resist it it they did.
The pawubtuktra took away Hes elatbes.
The moment the Learned Judge bad grilled the Beech,
a loud hiring contsseseed, sad the Pramicistor was followed
tato the yard adjubsisg the firmalsewbasse by • large crowd,
who hissed and booted, mod at lend, the feeling roes to
such • height, alit Mr. Woutseer, the City Marshal, sad ea.
wrest Uffpetro, were obliged to intake", and they ettsdualed
him iiiesllse house 'mill the crowd bad dispersed.

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INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.
SATURDAY. sarrawska 111.
Mr. J. Norms moved, as behalf of Mr. It Geoid, the
assignee is Iris ease, that the Court should grata a rale to
'show cause why Frlncis Fend, the Insolvent, should ..t be
brosght up sad again exandned. The losoltreet *was discharged
by Mr. Sergeant Runnisgtea, the late Consoilseinner of the
Court, Nader the b7th of the late King, in April, 11117. la
the schedule which he thee presented to the Court, he in-
serted a third share of some property in-the funds, in ;whleit
he had a reversionary interest on the death of an aged te-
rmite relative, of the name of Harwood, sail which pro.
*arty he pledged himself lo assign for the benefit of his cre-
ditors on the death of the old lady. She died at Leeds, its
Yorkshire, uearly six mouths ago, sod an executor of the
name of Fielder was appointed. By this excelsior the share
due by the will of the old lady was duly transferred to the
Insolvent, who, instead of goviag it to the assignee (Mr.
Gould) had sold out the stuck, and applied the money to his
own use. Such condrel was certainly highly worthy of
blame, and he trusted that the Court would see, ander all
the circamstances of the case, that they were in duty bound
to interfere sod prevent the creditors from being wautoaly
tetrauderl.
The Commissilorers consulted for some time, and then gave
their opinion. The new Act of Parliament had taken the ut-
most precaution to prevent the leftists( from defrauding hie
creditor, and its such cases as the present the Court had
right to ere that the Insolvent, who was discharged, folfilkd
all the promises he hail made, both in his schedule and on
bis examination before the Court. They therefore granted •
rale to chew cause why the Insolvent should sot be examined
elbow early day, and if he slid nut attend, why he should
Out hejudged guilty of • contempt of Court.

MO TURF.
DONCASTER MEETING, IStO.

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