The National Register.
London, England, 1819-07-04 00:00:00

4216

Stiocgiso MoRDER.—A dreadful circumstance took
glace at Brighton, in the Barrack yard in Church-street,
(acing the royal stabling, on Tuesday afternoon. At
about half past friar o'clock the military, the 9Oth in-
(Autry, turned out there for ilte afternautt's parade. A
private who had heels confined in the mottling fur being
alwent front duty, was release) Is the orderly serseatit,
'Watson, to fall in for die paraik. The fellow, meth-
resenge fur the confinement he had endured, kin
sooner had his musket in his prosession, than, as it
seems, he charged it viitlt a ball cartridge, and us Ser.
jeant Watson descended frock his mom to the barracks
yard, he deliberately took aim at him, and shot him
through she body.--:The ball entered on one side, near
about the ribs, and cattle out at the other. The Ser-
.ajeant api,gered a few paces backward, and dropped.
•itittraieal aasittaitee was useless. lie did not stirs We the
.caul .warned fume 01.111 twentyllllllllllCD. 'rise horrible
• deed was perpetrated in the midst of the soldiers mos-
• tering for the parade ; many of them supposed the guts
huil.beeu fired from the other side of the yard wall, and
• were its the act of scaling it to discover by whom, when
• the miscreant threw down his piece, and exclaimed, that
he was the man, and that lie had then had his res entre,
.and was in no wise sorry for what he had done. ile ,
was then secured, and the High Constable sent for, on
the arrival of whom lie was marched from the Barracks,
and lodged its the Town Prison, two sentinels being
„placed qtr dirty LO goad the door. The deceased bore a
%cry exedleot character in the regiment. lle was the
, orderly serjeant appointed at the Pavilion, and who did
. (boy in that capacity during the whole time that the
Prince Regent was there last winter. lie has left a wife
and three children to deplore his premature loss.
Bow-stateer.—ltuaitaxo A FIRES --011 Satitolay,
Denis Nleitoney was brought to the office, charged 011
sitspicirm of having stolen a number of skins, the proper-
ty of Mr. Smith, a furrier, of Gough-aquare, ss hose house
• was considerably injured by. the tire which broke out at
31r. Beaky's, the printer, in Bolt-courr, Fleet-street. It
appeared that the prisoner, its Collspasty with auuther
nun, %scot iuto Mr. Poland's shop, a furrier in the
aStratid, near the English Opera-house, and offered some
skits for sale. Mr. Poland questioned theist as to haw
they bkcattse possessed of diem, when they replied a mats
who cause front Gravesend gave them to thaw ; Mr.
•I'uland, however, having heard of a tire at Mr. Smith's,
.charged them with hating stolen the skins thefamm,
when they berth got out of theshop and- ran off; they
were pursued ; the prisoner was stopped and secured.
His compinion, being a swift runner, made his escape.
he prisoner was committtd fur further exa aaa i a tation.
DARING BURG LARY.-011'llonday morning a gang
of desperate litmus entered the premises of Nlessts.
Bland and Weller, guasic ilealers„.apd Mr. Alvey, gold-
sash!' aud Oxforil-street, near Rathbotte-
place, but were futtunittely detected its their perhaps
murderous Career, has hag loaded lire-arms, &c. In town
posse,aion. Mr. Alt ey, on Sunday night last, tamed to
:rest with his family, but bait not been long in bed when
lie heard a noise which rather alarmed hint, and col-
.{Tided that mice were busily employed in the walk, and
it being rather dark he refiatiwil front getting Ma Of bed.
lie fell asleep. but shortly afterwards was awoke by atio-
thee insist, Which appearkl like bricks falling from the
wall; tie immediately alarmed his faintly, and he lis-
.tened fur a short time and plainly heard the discourse of
smile inert, from which lie wit convinced their lives
.were in danger, and he scarcely had time to cross
his apartment when the wall of the !smut broke in, and
lie perceived a mait's arm ; he made use of souse racks-
•ati stints and rats to Mime' the watchmen, who i 11111 l ech-
ately came to assist. They stationed thenswlta s some
21 the back and others at the front oldie houses of Mess.
Bland and Co. and Mr. Akey, while whets went into
the house. One of the watehmeti heard a 1101 e at one
of the shutters, to whit It he placed bra back ; but short-
ly after lie with the shutter was thrown down, and two
.of site 'Alicia, rushed out; one ran towards Soho-square
and the other upktatlibstue-platis, pursued by the watch-
men, aina they were bath taken into custody. The other
. escaped the tuck way. On returning to the huts-e, the
.coat and hat of one of the thieves were found by alie
,side Dian aperture which would admit of the ss atchman's
body. through a large brick wail, into Mr. Alvey's
,ecrom. A phosphorus box, matches, a crow-Imr, SCTOV-
.driver, a whistle, false key, which opened all the doors;
a brace of loaded pistols sk Inch lay its readitiess in case
.of detaction, and his their pocketin powder-case was also
found, and some property ready packed op. They were
taken to the watch-horse. and yesierday summing were
.carried to Mlarlhosuu,tlsrstrect office tor examination.
The prisoners gave their names Sherrard and Jones, des.
la-rate hooking fellow,, and they were committed for
tardier hearing.
On Monday, Bth inst. James Andrews, and his
brother Richard, dined :it Kilworth, on which occa-
sion the latter informed hi: brother, that there was
a writ out against Lim, and that he bad better go
that night to•his sister's at Ilichaeri town, to avoid
arrested ; tuning him at the same time, that
1. (Richard) and another irrron would escort him
part of the way. James a.:ccpteil this advice, and
they aecortliogly ret out together, accompanied by
tia:rd petsun. On their way, Richard Andrews
stopped at a forge, where he prot•trred a piece of
sqt:are bar iron, and a spade, as weapons fur their
protection. On coming to a particular part of the
load, Richard remarked, tl at there was a slivrt way
across that part, and on their entering there, lie
struck his un.,uariled brother a blow with ti.e iron her
en tEe head, wlii h knocl.ed lain down. Ile re-
ratuti his blows till be deprived the unfortunate
man of life-,--then drew the body across two or truce
fields, after battering the skull with a large stone,
and threw it into a large hole or cleft of the mann-
-lain, where Lc covered it over with earth, having
frg.tatj,Qa what r.toncy tle.4l::::cax.d Lad with him,