The National Register.
London, England, 1812-11-15 00:00:00

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Nft-iR DLR.—PAM and Tel ins;, the iwo men in cast-d
of the murder of C..ptain Keith and Mr Siriith, the :Ala. tei C.;‘;:f
Mate, ot the Advciii tr. Cr South Sea‘Vltaler, as staie.: in a forth, r
were hrom tit up for re...examination.
Henri M idis, a Iny :Mout 13 3 ears of age, who was
Captain Keith, and on board the ship at the time, a .d ii eiai,quiii3O
of whcse itifottnati in the prisoneis Nverc z.tpreher.ded, was
14 is statement was prci.ittly the riam._• as that ony
Trade by him. On the night in which the inin.!ers wee
!le was :tlea.ping in ids hammock, rear the: Cainain's cannt,
t Chief Mate, %vat:: ii bcd. A bo), hattir.sd Gcii•ge
was at the helm ; and titl:er in the bass or cord watch, h., was
awoke by ltos;:'s calling to the Cart on. iu a lox tone. !isiti
W4V—" Captain Keith, Capt:.•ll Keitl a ! something wror:.t.
tot ward on th.'ck." The (:.aptain got oitt nt ticti dirce:l%, arid went Up
i.i his shirt, but returned again iiiiinediatelv ard the Niari.,
tit. y went on deck iog-t her. Soon atter Ire heard tI M cai; out,
'' 0 lord, 0 Lord !" was alarmed, and •,r,ot tint or ins ;
and as he was standing 1)3, the bidc of it, he saw Palm .rr o• tin iw
the ca,statnis body overnicArd. There, was no resistance, lie
posed t 11%.• Captain was dead at the time. tinioi r he heard tile
Mate, in th..! water, call out " bust, boat !" lii his aceAiii..r of weat
followed, viz. administering the oath of seerecy, the in uraer 0! the
two Blacks, the >cuttliitg t tie vessel, arid taking to the beat,; !heir
afterwards tailing into the hands cl the Blacks on thee As: ot.
and their su'tseepLuit arrival in England, he fully corrt.boratA
statement, which is already before cur readers. Ott his at.; ival in this
countra, he statc,i these circumstances to a ..entletnsit hantrii Solve:10r,
who took him to Union Hall, and in conseqiience of his tien.:.sition!
warrants were issued by Mr. Evance, for the apprelien:iiag 1 i
aiid
Telling.
Palm, on being questioned, denied having been at all pi ivy t:' the
intended murder a Captain Keith, till the morning when it took
pine; he was then told that if !1,-! did ivlr agree to it, he weit!'t hula.
self snare the s: rte fate ; he hall therethre joined in it to i,r,-,erve his
own life. He had not stated this befoie, ineause he wisluid to preserve
his oath.

Thz pristmers were bath fully committed for tril at the next Ad-
mit...thy Sebsions.

ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES'.

Tuesday. afternoon. on the rem!.v:rl some bar;t.es at Bank side, the
hcdy of the unfortunate lampligatcr, who wat• blown over
bike, during the high n.ind, discovered i,v sorne watermen, in
the mud. holding one of his arms upwards, as it he had beat attempt-
r.
ing to cling to a barge to save his L:e. The o:a.ie was e.arvecri to a
neighbouring public.hou..c far a Coroner's inquest.
As)out six o'clock on Wednesday evening, luhn Chaplew, a resi.
dent lit Eagle an;; Child-aiky, Fseei-inarket, wean into a public-la:are
in Shoe-lane, and called far a glass of pin, Oserving, lb :t' oath,
6 6 that he had new done the dee,;." A Hung •‘o:nan in the rear,
observing his sleeves to he tit 'lilted with b.1,a1l and knowing I)e
a desperate eha!acter, :Aid at thaws &normal, tl,ari an inj,vy lie Ltd
received in his head whiia in the army, ianneiliateiv tov;:).
This circumstance attracted the attention of svver..l persons in ac
tap-room, sonic of whom secured him, while Lahr:. repaired to hie
residence ; on entering which, they weer. nurror- I sack at toe si.;;.a
of his wife, who lay extended a litelet.s corpse, her head nearty
severed from her body. On Saturday night last he attentpted her
life, but a peace officer being called, he alp areJ pacitieii. The no-
happy man was lodged in the'Compret, from whence he was latcly,
greatly to the regret of the neighbourhood, discharged, having ttcri
confined at the instance 0.1 re;:pectitbie inhabitant of Shue-lane ; tur4
wat the art with which lie ounrtueted hirnse;t. as completely to de,
eem., with regard to his insanity, those wit had him in char.e.
LLELS MAIL unisex Y.—A man, named Kendall, who is :+ filmier
of tolls, and who r..:nted the gate at Eythorn bar, on the read lei lil'
from Huntingdon to Kettering, has been apprehended by Lavciki,
the Bow-street officer, akid been committed for trial, as
in the rubbery of toe Leeds Mail. and his sister as an accessary attcr
the tact. A long chain of circumstantial evidence was proluced on
Kendal's examination before the Magistrates. It appeared that en
the evening the mail was robbed, Kendall ieft By thorn bar in a ca:
in company with another man ; and stopped at a public law ,use near
Thrapstone, in a crows-road. about seven miles from the siwt %%1101
the mail is supposed to have beim robbed. They 1...tt the public.-
house soon after five o'. luck. As they passed aloog the road, a Mini
in a field, whom they did not see, overheard them atratNine woe wit.,
to pay the toll at a turnpike gate through which they were tl p.th,s
they agreed. that the other man was to pay the toll, as Kend.!l
known by the gatekeeper ; and to avoid his being seen, I): nut of
the cart, and walked across some fields, but Ito doubt gig into tn_ caret
again. The mail is supposed to haVe been roi,bed a hrle riscent'int
a hill, at about a quarter before seven o'clock : i r hill is rroly
three miles and a half from the residence of Kettlall : lte returned
hoe at half past seven. Lavender had searched Bythorn
house, belonging to Kendall, but nothing relative to the srEtil ro'.lO-IY
was found. lientdl denied all itersutial ktivivlcelde ut in'lo