The National Register.
London, England, 1812-01-19 00:00:00

PROVINCIALS.

HORRID MURDERS IN CIASHIRE •
A eorresponlent, near Congleton, in Cheshire, .i.n. a letter to a Gen-
tleman in London, the facts of which are entitled to full credit, gives
the following account of two horrid murders near Congleton
miser:ants called at a farm-house one evening at the beginning of last
week, and requested refreshment, as they werg benighted, Mid- a'so to
be furnished with beds, ace. which they would pay for. Their •:ippear-
ance was respectable, and the farmer's wife, in the absence of her
husband, offered them accommodation in a warm barn, which was
accepted. The mistress sent the servant maid with blanktts into the
barn; soon after which she heard bee groans, and alarmed for lux own
safety, she concealed herself under a large tub in the house, leaving
an infant child sleeping in a cradle. The assassins returned to the
house, and lamented that the woman had escaped, and ininiediateiy.
cut the throat of the child. The mistress of the house had heard the
assassins say they would meet at a certain public house at a certain
hour, and there the husband, on his return home, departed for and
secured them. The servant was found murdered in the barn..

Eytrart of a recent letter from Nottingham.-..t' It is painful to state,
that the frame-breakers seem to increase in aud.icity, upwards of twenty
lace-frames having been lately destroyed in this town and its vicinity.
The rioters are even in a state of armed defence, and threaten those of
the constables who attempt to interfere: it is supposed, however, that
they were somewhat daunted by the civil and military authorities, since
they decamped to New Radford, where they have demolished some
lace-frames. They now obtain money, by hawking about trifling things,
. which are bought up by their abettors, under the rose, at any price put
upon them. Hitherto the law has been foiled in laying hold of the
rioters. Eleven of them were presented for trial, at the Quarter Sessions
held here, but no bills were found against them, anu they were dis-
charged."
Mr. Joseph Tilney, of Writtle, Essex, lately had in his possession a
sow of the Chinese breed, which produced in 15 times farrowirv, 301
pigs, 177 of which she brought up. This fact clearly demonstrates the
superiority of the 'breed.
Ti/luantits AT CRATYIELL—Having been assured, from undoubted
authority, that most of the circumstances communicated to us last
week were void of foundation, and particularly that part which re-
laced to the son of Mr. Carter, who is now living at Wortwell, and
who, in a recent examination before the Magistrates of Earsham, did not
appear to be implicated in the murders, we took immediate steps to
contradict it, and to prevent it being copied into other papers. Other
accounts have since been circulated relative to the apprehension of
Thrower, Head, and Smith; but as the parties actually charged wit;:
committing the murders will shortly be put on their trials, we shall, for
the present, abstain from all farther observations on the subject.—(Nor-
folk Chronicle.)
William Smith, of this place, formerly a gipsey, who was appre-
bktulel here last week on suspicion of being con egned in the murders
at Cratfield, has been proved to be entirely innocent, and has conse-
quently been liberated. A person of the same name has been appre-
hended in Norfolk, and is now confined in Norwich castle, and two
other men are now confined in Ipswich gaol, ott suspicion of being Con-
cerned in the murders.(aembridge Chronicle.)