The National Register.
London, England, 1813-08-08 00:00:00

AUGUST R

in% '.e• WA- farlit -In-1.,s to me deceased; SaW him on the
inst. and was told by him la :..ed received a wound, which he
supposed won! b mortal ; said he. was sorry to see him in such a
situation ; that it was nut his fault • it was a malicious businsss
that he-could nut help it, and that lie did not wish to fight ; tlear.
blien and Dillon, and others, had come down to the White
Liao the evening battle, and he was obliged to do it by the officers
he had been conversing with.
Mt. Dillon, in his defence, said. he was not aware of being impl;s
rated in this charge, till yesterday morning ; and tiont.the shortness
of die notice, he mild not procure the witnesses he could have•
procured. it the time had been looter.
Mr. APtimire said, lie was a native of Ireland, and a stranger tei
this country , that he was clialleuged by the deceased, and as a
tieatleman was obliged to accept it.
Mr. Gite‘trist said. he was a native of Scotland, and that from
the shortness( of the time since the transaction, he had nut sufficient
time to ootain his witnesses to his eletrac'er.
Mr. O'Brien, who is a native of Ireland, said there had not been
time to acquaint his emmections wito Ins situation.
M'Guire re(•eived a good character fiom Capt. Davis and the
Rev. Mr. Barwis.—Mr Dutch, the surgeon, knows M'Guire ;he
has borne a very gcod character. Captain Rayles gave M`Guire a
favourable character. Lieutenant J. Huston, of the E9ths bail
known Mr. Gilchrist, sinee the 'ear 1309 ; since that period he has
borne the best possible character. Dr. Dunlop, has known Gil-
christ since be has been at the Depot; his conduct and character
had been most gentlemanly.
Guilty Math ; but respited till the 21st of August.
HORRID MURDER.
These Assizes coneuded 611 Saturday su'unieht, when Antonie
d' • , a Fieuch prisoner, was cried for the wilful murder of Jean Ler
ney, a fellow prisoner at l'i,reltes co. This was one of the most afro.
rums minders that ever di-graced human nature ; it appeared in evi-
dence, that just before bed-time all the prisoners were accustomed to
retire to the privy, and that on the night of the murder the first of the
mortal wounds was given while the dyer ased was there; tle wound
was so severe, that it entirely opened the belly. The surgeon who at-
tended,
stated, that he found the deceased with his entrails hanging
out, and ..upport.na them on his knees, by raising towards his chit,.
The dressed was lollowed from the privy by the prisoner, to whom he
exclaimed, " I am a dead man." The prisoner replied, " You are
not yet dead." The prisoner had a knife in Isis hand. and said.
" Tuete are two more for you," end he then inflicted on him two other
grievous wounds, one of which divided the filth rib in two ; the.de-
ceased went a little way, and till to the gr •und ; the ptisoner said, lu
wished to see if he wessdead, and he should be content ; he pushed
the bystanders aside, that (as he express( d himself) he might contem-
plate his victim. The prisoner acknowledged that he bad conceived
the design fur fifteen months, and had slept with the knife under his
pillow. The ground of the prisoner's resentment was a play written
by the decc'ised, compiled from some of the prisoner's memoirs, by
which the prisoner considered himself so much dishonoured that he
could not return with credit to his own country.—The ptisoner was
sentenced ro suffer death on Monday last, at twelve o'clock, in Por-
ehester Castle, and his body given to the surgeons there, to be dissect.
ed and anatomised.

ESSEX.
MURDER OF MR*. STEVENS AT WOoDFORD.
CiIIELMSIFORD, AVG. 6.—This day came on the trial of William
Cornwall. the man who was committed some time back, on suspicio-,
of the murderer of the late Mrs. Stevens, of Woodford ; when
after a very laborious and patient investigation, which occupied the
Court nearly six hours, lie was found guilty. The evidence,
merely circumstantial, was, nevertheless, so conclusive, being sup-
ported by various corroborative circumstances, as detailed at length
by 18 witnesses for the prosecution, that the Jury returned their
verdict without a moment's hesitation. The Learned Jud:e (ELLEN-
1101tOUG H), in a most imp• essive manner, which drew tears from
several of the auditors, immediately passed seotence of death upon
the prisoner, and ordered him for execution on Monday nett,
Under the very peculiar circumstances of the case, the Magistrates •
of Woodford made application to the Jas Ige to order the pri,ione•-..
for execution at Woodford, which his Lordsuip promised to take into
consi.lerat ion.
The prisoner exhibited the same smbecoming levity and hardiood
during the progress of his trial, which he liad sliewo during his
previous examinations, and since he had been in custody ; always
persisting in his innocence : and upon the Judge pronouncing the
awful sentence of the 14w. the prisoner, with tr eouynisive ,grin,
"Drink you, my Lord, and Gentlemen ," ch he was removed
fmn 'the bar.