The National Register.
London, England, 1815-04-16 00:00:00

TIM NATIONAL RECISTIM.

!APRIL 16

may, Bart.--It appeare4l, that the man lege took place between the
parties on the 20th May, leoB, in the parish chinch of Sr. Mary_
k-bone ; that they had issue by such martiage- four chil'hen, two
sous and two &stelae's; and that they continued to live together
in a state of prifect dutneatic happiness till the beginning of the
year 1814, When an unfortunate intercourse was farmed between
Lady Rosebery and Sir Henry Mililmay, mho married a sister of
Lacy Rosebery, by whom be had one child, but was then a wi-
dower, his wife having died in childbed.— [Here the evidence was
read, which went to prove the fins of adultery alledged to have
been committed between the parties at the Earl of R. sebery's seat
' Scotland, and at otht r places on ;hair return to England, which
facts having been so recently before the public, wen n verdict of
15,1:00'. damages was obtained against Sir HeniiMilitmay in the
Common Law Court, we deem it not necessary to repeat them
agaain,l - No plea was given on behalf of Lady Rosebery.
The Court lSir WM. ScoTT), after recapitulating the evidence,
•was clearly of opinion, that the adultery was proved beyond the
,possibility of a donht, and theiefute pronounced fur the remedy
which the husband prayed.

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in winch the•dreadful serue.had taken place. Nothing
fwdd be more horrible than the spectacle they presented. The
wile lay near the fire-place, with her head nearly severed from her
bode, two stabs on her breast, an: a large incision in her arm ;
white the linsband lay at a short distance from her with- his throat.
eut most diva:tinny. The floor "was drenched with blood from one
',rid to the other. The Jury having returned, the Coroherproceeded
to examine witnesses--
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Edward Wir.hoin,' son to. the doecased. was first examined. He
deposed, that he was eight yeAira and a half old Friday,• about
ir ;1' CIOCk, his talk:Art.36k the Carving knife and sharpened it on
a h:.ichers' steel, he then laid tt large walking stick on the table,
rhid said he would murder The first prison that came into the. room.
Ahoot halt past one witnesses mother got up In go down struts,
%i lien his lather went between her and the door, locked the door and
pat the key in his pocket. At this time witnesses little sisttr, about
six )ears of am and his little brother about four years Mil, were in
the twin'. • His mother then'snifl " What are you going to do With
me ?" " soon let you know," said the tank r, holding the carving
knit'e in his hand. They then walked up and down the room Bestial
times, ;old at last his mother ran to-the door and beat it violently
with her fist, eallieg for help. -His father-then seized her and gave'
her a stab en cacu breast with the carving knife, and then cut
Ler head nearly off, that it hung down behind. Witness and his
We brother and Sister cried 'murder'! His father stood over his
moth. r a few to nut: s after he had done the deed, and then, hearing
pride coming up stairs, he walked to the middle of the room, and
taking oil neckerchief cut his own throat and instantly fell. Sewn
afterwards some persons forced open. the door and sent for a Sur-
geon: witness's father was still alive, but died In tewminutes.—
Witness's father, the night before, took' the carving 'knife from the
knife-hox and struck himself violently on the breast-three Man With
the Ahout twelve. months back he was coufined 1u,41.111ta1,
Green mid•hom-r-a month. ..On comings from thence, however, he
conducted himself very quietly, and working at his traie as wiener
till hit week, When lie shewed symptoms of insanity. Orrilittraday
night a man sat up with line, hilt the man went away in the morning
and the deceased went-to work in making a waistcoat. They hail
iodized in the house about ei4lit weeks: His father 'mid mother had
not quarrelled. Wituless did not think his father would have tsar.
died him and kiliittle'brOther and sister even if the people had not
come up.
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This child gave his eviditiolio and satisfactorily, that the
Coroner did not think it necessary to call anymore witnesses to
prove the cause of tai' death of the miliappy.prople.
George Sleet; the brother of Jane Waehorn, deposed,•that she had
beets Married to Woe. %Vedic:li aboutlifteen yens ;
.041- were boVt
about thirty Om years of age. • • Scnew that the defeated wasin•ac-
mad-house twelve months ago: was sent for last week, and found
him evidently labouring under mental derangement : heard him say,
that they would be all hanged, drown, and quartered before the
morning, and made into a fire. Had not the slightest doubt that
at the time the act was committed he was incapable of knowing
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what he was about.

This was all the evidence (miles'. The Jnry found the following
verdict :--•' The deceased Jaw firaghoen came to her death by the rio-
lint act of her husband Irm. Waghbrn, the said Wm. Wagliorn died by
his Ammon hand, bid at the time lie committed both awls he Was incapable
el judging between right and Wrong."
The children have been Fent to the worklinuse: they are -ex
WI:R•1y interesting, and exhibit an uncommon intelligence for their

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Nlonlay evening an Inquest wag 110(1 on the body of Lady
Ably Fitzgerald, at her house in Charlea,itrect. kley-square.,
death was occasioned bv-her clothes .catehinit tile. It ap-
14'1'11 in evidence. that on last Saturday night her ladyship was
ilittioe in her drawing•room alone, and about nine o'clock the ser
villas mere alarmed with a violent scream and ringing of the bell ;
they ran up, and (timid her Ladyship standing near the door, cove-
leped in games ; the butler wrapped the hearth-rug round her, but
it being ton etiti, it did not answer the desired end ; on which the
fltinc..4 were extinguished.bv throwing w.iter on her. The few re-
niannoic clothe.' .:1:e had left were torn off, and she still kept calling
out for water. as,,ittance was immediately provided, but
she expired at six o'clock in the morning. There were no great
narks of the effects of the fire, She was of a weak and detente
row:tuition, and in the b9tii rear of her age. The Verdict on the
was Avcidental P‘alh, by I,cr clothes taLin.; fire.—Lady